High-performance dye-sensitized solar cells based on morphology-controllable synthesis of ZnO-ZnS heterostructure nanocone photoanodes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Rouhi, Jalal ^a   Mamat, Mohamad Hafiz ^a   Ooi, C H Raymond ^b   Mahmud, Shahrom ^c   Mahmood, Mohamad Rusop ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; NANOCONE; NANOROD; TIN OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE NANOCONE; ZINC OXIDE NANOROD; NANOMATERIAL; NANOTUBE; SULFIDE; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRIC FIELD ASSISTED AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENERAL DEVICE; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; LIGHT TRAPPING; MATERIAL COATING; MORPHOLOGY CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS; NANODEVICE; NANOFABRICATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE ZINC SULFIDE CORE SHELL NANOCONE PHOTOANODE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRODES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; SOLAR ENERGY; SULFIDES; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84929497352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123433     Document Type: Article

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