TiO2 nanorods: A facile size- and shape-tunable synthesis and effective improvement of charge collection kinetics for dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 9698-9704

  Zhang, Wenjun ^a   Xie, Yan ^a   Xiong, Dehua ^a   Zeng, Xianwei ^a   Li, Zhihong ^a   Wang, Mingkui ^a   Cheng, Yi Bing ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Yan, Keyou ^b   Yang, Shihe ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

anatase; dye sensitized; oriented attachment; solar cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903513650     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am502067r     Document Type: Article

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