Mesoporous titania-vertical nanorod films with interfacial engineering for high performance dye-sensitized solar cells

Nanotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Ahmed, Irfan ^a   Fakharuddin, Azhar ^a   Wali, Qamar ^a   Zainun, Ayib Rosdi Bin ^a   Ismail, Jamil ^a   Jose, Rajan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

interfacial engineering; light scattering; nanoenergy; nanowire supported films; photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

CELL ENGINEERING; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; DYES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT SCATTERING; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; NANOWIRES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES;

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LARGE SURFACE AREA; NANOENERGY; NANOPARTICLE LAYERS; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAICS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84923326356     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/10/105401     Document Type: Article

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