Synthesis and application of zinc/tin oxide nanostructures in photocatalysis and dye sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-43

  Mahmoud, Sawsan A ^a   Fouad, Osama A ^b  

^a Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute   (Egypt)

^b CENTRAL METALLURGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CMRDI   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Photocatalysis; Vapor phase growth; Zn Sn oxides nanostructures

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CATALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; DYES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOBELTS; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIN; TIN OXIDES; VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

DEGRADATION PROCESS; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; VAPOR PHASE GROWTH; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84921059228     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.12.035     Document Type: Article

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