Enhancing efficiency of CdS/TiO2 nanorod arrays solar cell through improving the hydrophilicity of TiO2 nanorod surface

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 206-212

  Shen, Qianqian ^a   Xue, Jinbo ^a   Liu, Jian ^a   Liu, Xuguang ^a   Jia, Husheng ^a   Xu, Bingshe ^a  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrochemical techniques; Heterostructures; Hydrophilicity; Nanostructures

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROPHILICITY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CDS NANOCRYSTALS; CDS NANOPARTICLES; CRYSTALLINITIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURES; NANOROD SURFACES; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

NANORODS;

EID: 84922386460     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.01.022     Document Type: Article

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