Electrochemical synthesis of a double-layer film of ZnO nanosheets/nanoparticles and its application for dye-sensitized solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 440-451

  Kung, Chung Wei ^a   Chen, Hsin Wei ^a   Lin, Chia Yu ^a   Lai, Yi Hsuan ^a   Vittal, R ^a   Ho, Kuo Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

double layer; dye sensitized solar cell; electrodeposition; nanosheet; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODEPOSITION; IONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

DOUBLE LAYERS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; POTENTIOSTATIC ELECTRODEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84895928424     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2288     Document Type: Article

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