A simple annealing process to obtain highly transparent and conductive indium doped tin oxide for dye-sensitized solar cells

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 3445-3451

  Bu, Ian Y Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Annealing; Dye sensitized solar cells; Indium tin oxide; Photoanode; Sheet resistance

Indexed keywords

COATED GLASS SUBSTRATES; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; INDIUM DOPED TIN OXIDES; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTO-ANODES;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEET RESISTANCE; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; TIN; TIN OXIDES; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANNEALING;

EID: 84889094283     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.09.086     Document Type: Article

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