An increase in conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells using bamboo-type TiO2 nanotube arrays

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-30

  Wang, Shanghua ^a   Zhou, Xiaowen ^a   Xiao, Xurui ^a   Fang, Yanyan ^a   Lin, Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Anodic oxidation; Bamboo structure; Dye sensitized solar cells; TiO2 nanotube arrays

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO STRUCTURES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; INTENSITY-MODULATED; INTERFACIAL CAPACITANCE; INTERFACIAL RESISTANCES; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; PHOTOCURRENT SPECTROSCOPY;

ANODIC OXIDATION; BAMBOO; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; NANOTUBES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

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EID: 84888776782     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.11.011     Document Type: Article

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