TiO2 nanospheres: A facile size-tunable synthesis and effective light-harvesting layer for dye-sensitized solar cells

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 4916-4920

  Wang, Shuan ^a,b   Ding, Yong ^c   Xu, Sichao ^a,b   Zhang, Yunxia ^a,b   Li, Guanghai ^a,b   Hu, Linhua ^c   Dai, Songyuan ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^d NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

energy conversion; light harvesting layer; nanostructures; phase control; titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; HARVESTING; NANOSPHERES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHASE CONTROL; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CONTROLLED OXIDATIONS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; HYDROLYSIS PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; LIGHT-HARVESTING LAYERS; REACTION SOLUTIONS; STRUCTURE DIRECTING AGENTS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84899451680     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201304963     Document Type: Article

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