Investigation of plasmonic gold-silica core-shell nanoparticle stability in dye-sensitized solar cell applications

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 427, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-61

  Törngren, Björn ^a   Akitsu, Kenta ^b   Ylinen, Anne ^a   Sandén, Simon ^a   Jiang, Hua ^c   Ruokolainen, Janne ^c   Komatsu, Makoto ^b   Hamamura, Tomofumi ^b   Nakazaki, Jotaro ^b   Kubo, Takaya ^b   Segawa, Hiroshi ^b   Österbacka, Ronald ^a   Smått, Jan Henrik ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chemical stability; Core shell; Dye sensitized solar cell; Gold nanoparticle; Plasmon enhancement; Thermal stability; Thin silica shell

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; CORE SHELL NANOPARTICLES; ELECTROLYTES; GOLD COATINGS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONICS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILICA; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SILICON; SIO2 NANOPARTICLES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CORE SHELL; CORE SHELL PARTICLES; CORROSIVE ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTE SOLUTIONS; PLASMON ENHANCEMENTS; PLASMONIC PARTICLES; SILICA CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES; SILICA SHELL;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

DYE; GOLD; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; PLASMONIC CORE SHELL GOLD SILICON DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; FLOCCULATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SENSITIZATION; SOLAR CELL; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84901621084     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.11.085     Document Type: Article

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