One-step process for the synthesis and deposition of anatase, two-dimensional, disk-shaped TiO2 for dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 20842-20850

  Lee, Chang Soo ^a   Kim, Jin Kyu ^a   Lim, Jung Yup ^a   Kim, Jong Hak ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

disk shaped structure; dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC); ethyl cellulose; titanium dioxide (TiO2); two dimensional (2D)

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEPOSITION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOCRYSTALS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; OXIDE MINERALS; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ETHYL CELLULOSE; IMIDAZOLIUM IODIDES; PLANAR STRUCTURE; QUASI-SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SHAPED STRUCTURES; TITANIUM DIOXIDES (TIO2); TITANIUM ISOPROPOXIDE; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84917698242     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am505217k     Document Type: Article

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