Controllable and rapid synthesis of long ZnO nanowire arrays for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 29, 2014, Pages 15551-15555

  Liu, Liqing ^a   Hong, Kunquan ^a   Ge, Xing ^a   Liu, Dongmei ^a   Xu, Mingxiang ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; LOADING; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

1-D NANOSTRUCTURES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; INTERNAL SURFACE AREA; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PRECURSOR SOLUTIONS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES; ZNO NANOWIRE ARRAYS;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84905013356     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412004p     Document Type: Article

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