Rapid construction of TiO2 aggregates using microwave assisted synthesis and its application for dye-sensitized solar cells

RSC Advances

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 8622-8629

  Wang, Xuyang ^a   Tian, Jianjun ^a   Fei, Chengbin ^b   Lv, Lili ^a   Wang, Yajie ^b   Cao, Guozhong ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; DYES; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MICROWAVES; NANOCRYSTALLITES; NANOCRYSTALS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ITS APPLICATIONS; LARGE AMOUNTS; MICROWAVE ASSISTED SYNTHESIS; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED METHODS; RAPID CONSTRUCTION; REACTION SYSTEM; SCATTERING PROPERTY; TITANIUM PRECURSORS;

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EID: 84921296864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra11266k     Document Type: Article

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