Charge transport in zirconium doped anatase nanowires dye-sensitized solar cells: Trade-off between lattice strain and photovoltaic parameters

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 15, 2014, Pages

  Archana, P S ^a   Gupta, Arunava ^a   Yusoff, Mashitah M ^b   Jose, Rajan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATASE NANOWIRES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; LATTICE STRAIN; PHOTOVOLTAIC PARAMETERS; ZIRCONIUM DOPED;

EID: 84907993280     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4898091     Document Type: Article

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