Enhanced power conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells with multifunctional photoanodes based on a three-dimensional TiO2 nanohelix array

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-55

  Lee, Seung Hee ^a   Kwon, Jeong ^b   Kim, Dong Yeong ^a   Song, Kyung ^a   Oh, Sang Ho ^a   Cho, Jaehee ^c   Schubert, E Fred ^d   Park, Jong Hyeok ^b   Kim, Jong Kyu ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Multifunctional photoanode; Nanoparticle infiltration; Oblique angle deposition; Titanium dioxide nanohelix

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LOADING; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARGE COLLECTION; LIGHT-HARVESTING; OBLIQUE-ANGLE DEPOSITION; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTON CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TECHNICAL PROGRESS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84907531859     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.08.007     Document Type: Article

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