Hierarchically structured microspheres for high-efficiency rutile TiO 2-based dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2893-2901

  Ye, Meidan ^a,b   Zheng, Dajiang ^a,b   Wang, Mengye ^a,b   Chen, Chang ^a   Liao, Wenming ^b,c   Lin, Changjian ^a   Lin, Zhiqun ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

chemical bath method; dye sensitized solar cells; light to electricity conversion efficiency; low temperature synthesis; post treatments; rutile TiO2 microspheres

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BATH; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; LOW TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS; POST TREATMENT; RUTILE TIO;

AGGLOMERATION; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MICROSPHERES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANONEEDLES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

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EID: 84896896362     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am405442n     Document Type: Article

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