Nanosheet-assembling hierarchical zinc stannate microspheres for enhanced efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 152, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-30

  Li, Zhengdao ^a   Zhou, Yong ^b   Yang, Hao ^a   Huang, Rantao ^a   Zou, Zhigang ^b  

^a NANYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; microspheres; nanosheet assembling hierarchical; Zinc Stannate

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LOADING; MICROSPHERES; NANOSHEETS; ZINC;

ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; FAST ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INTERFACE RESISTANCE; MICROSPHERE STRUCTURE; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SOLVOTHERMAL ROUTE; SPHERICAL ASSEMBLY; ZINC STANNATE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84911468569     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.11.106     Document Type: Article

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