The improvement of light scattering of dye-sensitized solar cells aided by a new dandelion-like TiO2 nanostructures

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 113-123

  Musavi Gharavi, P S ^a   Mohammadi, M R ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dandelion like TiO2 nanostructures; Dye sensitized solar cells; Hydrothermal process; Scattering layer

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONOLAYERS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; OXIDE MINERALS; SPHERES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; LIGHT-SCATTERING LAYER; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SCATTERING LAYER; TIO;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84923338847     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.01.035     Document Type: Article

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