Hierarchically-structured NiO nanoplatelets as mesoscale p-type photocathodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 14177-14184

  Flynn, Cory J ^a   Oh, Eunbi E ^a   McCullough, Shannon M ^a   Call, Robert W ^a   Donley, Carrie L ^a   Lopez, Rene ^a   Cahoon, James F ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CONTROL MORPHOLOGY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRICAL MOBILITY; HIERARCHICAL MORPHOLOGY; HIGH-DENSITY ARRAYS; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; SYNTHETIC CONDITIONS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84903781534     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5027916     Document Type: Article

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