Functions of self-assembled ultrafine TiO2 nanocrystals for high efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5367-5373

  Xie, Fengxian ^a   Cherng, Sheng Jye ^b   Lu, Shunmian ^a   Chang, Ya Huei ^a   Sha, Wei E I ^a   Feng, Shien Ping ^a   Chen, Chih Ming ^b   Choy, Wallace C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC); morphology; optical properties; workfunction

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM CASTINGS; WORK FUNCTION;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE (FTO); OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TIO; ULTRAFINE NANOCRYSTALS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84899535064     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5006628     Document Type: Article

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