Ultrafine dice-like anatase TiO2for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 133-139

  Wei, Xiangfeng ^a   Liu, Jiehua ^a   Liu, Xue Wei ^b  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Light scattering; Nanostructures; Photoanode; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DYE AGGREGATION; LIGHT-SCATTERING LAYER; NANO-STRUCTURED; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOANODE MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION; SCATTERING LAYER;

PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84916613808     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.11.020     Document Type: Article

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