TiO2 nanotube structures for the enhancement of photon utilization in sensitized solar cells

Nanotechnology Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 209-238

  Lin, Jia ^a,b   Liu, Xiaolin ^a   Zhu, Shu ^a   Chen, Xianfeng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRIC POWER   (China)

Author keywords

light harvesting; light scattering; microstructure; photonic crystal; TiO2 nanotubes

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOTUBES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; TIO2 NANOTUBES; TITANIUM DIOXIDES (TIO2);

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84930948173     PISSN: 21919089     EISSN: 21919097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ntrev-2014-0028     Document Type: Review

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