Flexible photoanodes of TiO2 particles and metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes for flexible dye-sensitized solar cells

Carbon

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 337-345

  Lee, Jiyong ^a   Kang, Hosung ^b   Hwang, Jae Yeol ^c   Kim, Sung Wng ^a,c   Baik, Seunghyun ^a,c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DURABILITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; INDIUM; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; SOLAR CELLS; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLEXIBLE DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; MECHANICAL NETWORK; METALLIC SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; POLYETHYLENE-TEREPHTHALATE FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING SWNTS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWNTS);

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84920598973     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.07.075     Document Type: Article

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