Facile bioanchoring strategy for the preparation of hierarchical multiple structured ZnO crystals and its application as a photoanode in dye sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 34, 2014, Pages 19529-19539

  Ramakrishnan, Rajaraman ^a   Aravind, Aashish ^a   Devaki, Sudha J ^a   Varma, Manoj Raama ^a   Mohan, Kiran ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT REFLECTION; POLYDISPERSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LOADING; SELF ASSEMBLY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CRYSTAL GROWTH PROCESS; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ENHANCED LIGHT ABSORPTIONS; HIERARCHICAL SELF-ASSEMBLY; MULTIPLE STRUCTURES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REFLECTION MECHANISM; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRONS;

LOADING; SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84906858524     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp503886s     Document Type: Article

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