Photovoltaic property of anatase TiO2 3-D mesoflowers

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2772-2780

  Deepak, T G ^a   Subash, Devika ^a   Anjusree, G S ^a   Narendra Pai, K R ^a   Nair, Shantikumar V ^a   Nair, A Sreekumaran ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Light scattering; TiO2; TiO2 SiO2 composite

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILICA; SIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

INTERNAL SURFACE AREA; PHOTOANODE MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENT; TIO2; TIO2-SIO2;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84928473453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc500642c     Document Type: Article

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