Electrodeposition for the synthesis of ZnO nanorods modified by surface attachment with ZnO nanoparticles and their dye-sensitized solar cell applications

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 1 PART B, 2014, Pages 1693-1698

  Meng, Yongming ^a   Lin, Yu ^a   Lin, Yibing ^a  

^a HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrodeposition; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; DYE ABSORPTION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SURFACE ATTACHMENT; ZNO NANOROD; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84887999456     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.07.065     Document Type: Article

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