A comparative study on the quantum-dot-sensitized, dye-sensitized and co-sensitized solar cells based on hollow spheres embedded porous TiO2 photoanodes

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 173, Issue , 2015, Pages 551-558

  Cui, Can ^a   Qiu, Yiwei ^a   Zhao, Jiahuan ^a   Lu, Bingqing ^a   Hu, Haihua ^b   Yang, Yana ^a   Ma, Ni ^a   Xu, Sheng ^a   Xu, Lingbo ^a   Li, Xiaoyun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY CITY COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

light scattering; solar cells; TiO2 hollow spheres

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOCRYSTALS; PORE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SPHERES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; HOLLOW SPHERE; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SCATTERING CENTERS; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; TIO2 NANO-PARTICLES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84930204459     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.05.100     Document Type: Article

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