Thermal treatment optimization of ZnO nanoparticles-photoelectrodes for high photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue , 2015, Pages 66-72

  Al Kahlout, Amal ^a  

^a Al Azhar University Gaza AUG   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Annealing temperature; Dye sensitized solar cell; ZnO nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924293142     PISSN: 18153852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaubas.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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