Ag nanoparticle-deposited TiO2 nanotube arrays for electrodes of Dye-sensitized solar cells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kawamura, Go ^a   Ohmi, Hayato ^a   Tan, Wai Kian ^a   Lockman, Zainovia ^b   Muto, Hiroyuki ^a   Matsuda, Atsunori ^a  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticles; Anodization; Dye sensitized solar cells; Light harvesting; TiO2 nanotube arrays

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; GLASS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; OXIDE FILMS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SUBSTRATES; TIN OXIDES; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AG NANOPARTICLE; ANODIZATIONS; COATED GLASS SUBSTRATES; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; LIGHT HARVESTING PROPERTIES; LIGHT-HARVESTING; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TIO2 NANOTUBE ARRAYS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84930206578     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-0924-1     Document Type: Article

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