Effect of variation of average pore size and specific surface area of ZnO electrode (WE) on efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jadhav, Nitin A ^a,b   Singh, Pramod K ^a,c   Rhee, Hee Woo ^d   Bhattacharya, Bhaskar ^a  

^a SHARDA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Tuljaram Chaturchand College   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^d Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Copolymer; DSSC; EISA; Mesoporous ZnO

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLINITY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; GAS ADSORPTION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MORPHOLOGY; PORE SIZE; SELF ASSEMBLY; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

DSSC; EISA; EVAPORATION INDUCED SELF ASSEMBLIES; HYDROLYSIS RATE; J-V CHARACTERISTICS; KEITHLEY INSTRUMENTS; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; ZNO ELECTRODES;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84919915261     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-575     Document Type: Article

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