Facile, nonhydrothermal, mass-producible synthesis of mesoporous TiO2 spheres for dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 173, Issue , 2015, Pages 139-147

  Lee, Chang Soo ^a   Lim, Jung Yup ^a   Chi, Won Seok ^a   Kim, Jong Hak ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

bulk calcination; dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC); ethyl cellulose; light scattering; mesoporous sphere

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; CELLULOSE; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYELECTROLYTES; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPHERES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ETHYL CELLULOSE; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; LIGHT HARVESTING PROPERTIES; MESOPOROUS; REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOLUTE-SOLVENT INTERACTION; STRUCTURE DIRECTING AGENTS; UV-VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTIONS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84929614506     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.05.054     Document Type: Article

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