TiO2 coated urchin-like SnO2 microspheres for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1154-1163

  Thapa, Amit ^a   Zai, Jiantao ^b   Elbohy, Hytham ^a   Poudel, Prashant ^a   Adhikari, Nirmal ^a   Qian, Xuefeng ^b   Qiao, Qiquan ^a  

^a South Dakota State University   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; SnO2; TiO2 coating; urchin like

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921749602     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0478-z     Document Type: Article

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