A facile approach to construct multiple structured ZnO crystals by trisodium citrate-assisted hydrothermal growth toward performance enhancement of dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16401-16407

  Zhu, Shibu ^a   Tian, Xin ^a   Chen, Jingjing ^a   Shan, Liming ^a   Xu, Xiaoling ^a   Zhou, Zuowan ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; MICROSPHERES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HIERARCHICAL MICROSPHERES; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; TRI-SODIUM CITRATES; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84905436322     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410325p     Document Type: Article

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