Preparation and characterization of dye-sensitized TiO2 nanorod solar cells

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 577, Issue , 2015, Pages 103-108

  Meng, Lijian ^a,b   Chen, Hong ^c   Li, Can ^d   Dos Santos, M P ^e,f  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^d DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^e UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Nanorods; Sputtering; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPUTTERING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANATASE PHASE; DC REACTIVE MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; DIFFRACTION PEAKS; DYE SENSITIZED; PHOTO-ELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; WORKING ELECTRODE;

NANORODS;

EID: 84926214146     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2015.01.064     Document Type: Article

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