Layer-by-layer self-assembly of tio2 hierarchical nanosheets with exposed {001} facets as an effective bifunctional layer for dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 9144-9149

  Sun, Weiwei ^a   Peng, Tao ^a   Liu, Yumin ^b   Yu, Wenjing ^a   Zhang, Kun ^a   Mehnane, Hadja Fatima ^a   Bu, Chenghao ^a   Guo, Shishang ^a   Zhao, Xing Zhong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; exposed 001 facets; favorable light scattering effect; long lifetime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903540226     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am501233q     Document Type: Article

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