Co-sensitization of TiO2-MWCNTs hybrid anode for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 173, Issue , 2015, Pages 607-612

  Mehmood, Umer ^a   Ahmed, Shakeel ^a   Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A ^a   Harrabi, Khalil ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

co sensitization; density functional theory; Hybrid; multi walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY GAP; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

CO-SENSITIZATION; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; HYBRID; MIXING TECHNIQUES; MOLAR RATIO; PHOTO-ANODES; SINGLE DYE; TIO2 CLUSTERS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84930632193     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.05.132     Document Type: Article

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