Hybrid TiO2-multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNTs) photoanodes for efficient dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 174-179

  Mehmood, Umer ^a   Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A ^a   Harrabi, Khalil ^a   Mekki, M B ^a   Ahmed, Shakeel ^a   Tabet, Nouar ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; DSSC; Hybrid photoanodes; MWCNT

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YARN;

CHARGE TRANSPORT PROCESS; DSSC; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE; MWCNT; PHOTO-ANODES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84928478372     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.04.004     Document Type: Article

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