Ultralong rutile TiO2 nanorod arrays with large surface area for CdS/CdSe quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 175-182

  Chen, Chang ^a   Ye, Meidan ^a   Lv, Miaoqiang ^a   Gong, Cheng ^a   Guo, Wenxi ^a   Lin, Changjian ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CdS CdSe quantun dot; chemical ethcing; nanorod arrays; Photoelectrochemical properties; TiO2

Indexed keywords

CDS; CELL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE (FTO); NANO-ROD ARRAYS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; TIO2;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; DEPOSITION; ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDE MINERALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

NANORODS;

EID: 84892778983     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.12.106     Document Type: Article

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