Nano-crystalline thin and nano-particulate thick TiO2 layer: Cost effective sequential deposition and study on dye sensitized solar cell characteristics

Materials Research Bulletin

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-38

  Das, P ^a,b   Sengupta, D ^a,b   Kasinadhuni, U ^c   Mondal, B ^a   Mukherjee, K ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

^c BENGAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical synthesis; Electrical properties; Electron microscopy; Oxides

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FILM PREPARATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDES; PASSIVATION; SOLS; SUBSTRATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONDUCTING SUBSTRATES; ELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANO PARTICULATES; PASSIVATION LAYER; PHASE FORMATION BEHAVIOR; PHOTOEXCITED ELECTRONS; SEQUENTIAL DEPOSITION; WET CHEMICAL ROUTE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84922570615     PISSN: 00255408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2015.02.018     Document Type: Article

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