ZnO:Ag and TZO:Ag plasmonic nanocomposite for enhanced dye sensitized solar cell performance

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 167, Issue , 2015, Pages 179-186

  Tripathi, S K ^a   Rani, Mamta ^a,b   Singh, Navjot ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DAV University   (India)

Author keywords

Conversion efficiency; Dye Sensitized Solar cell; Silver; Surface Plasmon Resonance

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALLIC FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE FILMS; PLASMONS; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

DOPED ZINC OXIDES; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES; SOL-GEL TECHNIQUE; UV-VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

SILVER;

EID: 84925763553     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.02.245     Document Type: Article

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