Aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposited (AACVD) of TiO2 thin film as compact layer for dye-sensitised solar cell

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 8045-8052

  Lim, S P ^a   Huang, N M ^a   Lim, H N ^b   Mazhar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

AACVD

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; OXIDE MINERALS; SOLAR CELLS; VAPORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AACVD; AEROSOL-ASSISTED CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITIONS; DYE-SENSITISED SOLAR CELLS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROCHLORIC ACID SOLUTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; POST-TREATMENT PROCEDURES; TIO;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84897444603     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.12.156     Document Type: Article

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