Hierarchical porous titania/carbon nanotube nanocomposite photoanode synthesized by controlled phase separation for dye sensitized solar cell

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 120, Issue PART A, 2014, Pages 295-302

  Golobostanfard, Mohammad Reza ^a   Abdizadeh, Hossein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Controlled phase separation; Dye sensitized solar cell; Hierarchical porous structure

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL THICKNESS; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; HIERARCHICAL POROUS; HIERARCHICAL POROUS STRUCTURES; IV CHARACTERISTICS; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; SERIES RESISTANCES;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHASE SEPARATION; POROSITY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84888371103     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.09.021     Document Type: Article

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