Dye-sensitized solar cells based on TiO 2 nanoparticles/nanobelts double-layered film with improved photovoltaic performance

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 319, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-82

  Fan, Jiajie ^a   Li, Zhenzhen ^a   Zhou, Wenyuan ^a   Miao, Yucong ^b   Zhang, Yaojia ^a   Hu, Junhua ^a   Shao, Guosheng ^a,c  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(DSSCs); Double layered photoanode; Dye sensitized solar cells; Optical scattering film; TiO 2 nanoparticle nanobelt

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOBELTS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL FILMS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

(DSSCS); DOUBLE-LAYERED FILMS; NANO-STRUCTURED TIO2; OPTICAL SCATTERING; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; TIO2 NANO-PARTICLES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84922953701     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.07.054     Document Type: Article

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