Flexible, transferable, and thermal-durable dye-sensitized solar cell photoanode consisting of TiO2 nanoparticles and electrospun TiO2/SiO2 nanofibers

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 15925-15932

  Wang, Xiaoxu ^a   Xi, Min ^a   Fong, Hao ^a   Zhu, Zhengtao ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Electrospinning; Flexible solar cell; Nanofiber

Indexed keywords

DURABILITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTROSPINNING; ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOFIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICA; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SINTERING; SIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION; FLEXIBLE COMPOSITES; FLEXIBLE DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELLS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE DURABILITY; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SINTERING; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84912022944     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am503542g     Document Type: Article

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