ZnO at TiO2 architectures for a high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cell

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 171, Issue , 2015, Pages 66-71

  Lei, Jianfei ^a,b   Liu, Shuli ^a   Du, Kai ^a   Lv, Shijie ^a   Liu, Chaojie ^a   Zhao, Lingzhi ^b,c  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Low Carbon and Advanced Energy Materials   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

core shell; dye sensitized solar cell; electrochemical deposition; titanium dioxide; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; REDUCTION; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; ZINC OXIDE;

CORE SHELL; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; HETEROGENEOUS ARCHITECTURES; PHOTOANODE MATERIALS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SEEDED SUBSTRATES; SOLAR CELL TESTING; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84929207322     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.05.014     Document Type: Article

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