Enhanced dye loading-light harvesting TiO2 photoanode with screen printed nanorod-nanoparticles assembly for highly efficient solar cell

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 169, Issue , 2015, Pages 395-401

  Jalali, Mahsa ^a,b   Siavash Moakhar, Roozbeh ^a,b   Kushwaha, Ajay ^b   Goh, Gregory Kia Liang ^b   Riahi Noori, Nastaran ^c   Sadrnezhaad, Sayed Khatiboleslam ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c NIROO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

double layer photoanode; DSSC; dye loading; nanorod nanoparticle assembly; TiO2

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DSSC; DYE LOADING; NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLIES; PHOTO-ANODES; TIO2;

LOADING;

EID: 84928639356     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.04.077     Document Type: Article

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