Mesoporous titanium oxide microspheres for high-efficient cadmium sulfide quantum dot-sensitized solar cell and investigation of its photovoltaic behavior

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 150, Issue , 2014, Pages 167-172

  Zhang, Yu ^a   Lin, Shen ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Qi, Fuyuan ^a   Wu, Shuyao ^a   Pei, Qi ^a   Feng, Ting ^a   Song, Xi Ming ^a  

^a LIAONING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Larger surface area; Mesoporous titanium oxide microspheres; Photovoltaic behavior; Quantum dot sensitized solar cell

Indexed keywords

MESOPOROUS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE AREA;

EID: 84909602416     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.10.101     Document Type: Article

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