TiO2 sub-microspheres as a bi-functional scattering layer for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells

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Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Ding, Yong ^a   Mo, Li'E ^a   Tao, Li ^a   Ma, Yanmei ^a   Hu, Linhua ^a   Jiang, Ling ^a   Li, Zhaoqian ^a   Zhang, Changneng ^a   Zhang, Bing ^b   Yao, Jianxi ^b   Dai, Songyuan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Scattering effect

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCATTERING; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; SCATTERING EFFECTS; SOLVOTHERMAL TREATMENT; TIO;

MICROSPHERES;

EID: 84904068445     PISSN: 17932920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793292014400074     Document Type: Article

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