Efficiency enhancement of dye-sensitized solar cells by optimization of electrospun ZnO nanowire/nanoparticle hybrid photoanode and combined modification

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 163, Issue , 2015, Pages 330-337

  Song, Lixin ^a,b   Du, Pingfan ^a,b   Xiong, Jie ^a,b   Ko, Frank ^c   Cui, Can ^d  

^a Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Soft Functional Materials Research   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrospinning; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Titanium tetrachloride; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTROSPINNING; LOADING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOWIRES; SPINNING (FIBERS); TITANIUM OXIDES; YARN; ZINC OXIDE;

DIFFERENT MASS; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYBRID PHOTOANODE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POST TREATMENT; TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDES; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84923855652     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.02.093     Document Type: Article

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