Controlled seeding of laser deposited ta:tio2 nanobrushes and their performance as photoanode for dye sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 5, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 13140-13145

  Hara, Yukihiro ^a   Garvey, Timothy ^a   Alibabaei, Leila ^b   Ghosh, Rudresh ^a   Lopez, Rene ^a  

^a Department of Physics and Astronomy ^*  (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Hierarchical structure; Nanoimprint lithography; Photoelectrochemistry; Pulsed laser deposition; Tantalum doped titanium oxide

Indexed keywords

BRUSH-LIKE STRUCTURES; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; EXCITED ELECTRONS; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; PATTERNED SUBSTRATES; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; TANTALUM-DOPED TITANIUM OXIDES;

BRUSHES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SOLAR CELLS; TANTALUM; TANTALUM OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SUBSTRATES;

COLORING AGENT; FLUORINE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; TIN DERIVATIVE; TIN DIOXIDE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; LASER; SOLAR ENERGY;

COLORING AGENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; FLUORINE; LASERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SOLAR ENERGY; TIN COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM;

EID: 84891437810     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am404176q     Document Type: Article

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