Tin oxide as a photoanode for dye-sensitised solar cells: Current progress and future challenges

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 293, Issue , 2015, Pages 1039-1052

  Wali, Qamar ^a   Fakharuddin, Azhar ^a   Jose, Rajan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Core shell SnO2 nanomaterials; Doped SnO2 nanostructures; Electrochemical properties of SnO2; One dimensional SnO2; SnO2 composites

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INVESTMENTS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MOS DEVICES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSITION METALS; TRANSPARENCY; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

CONDUCTION BAND ENERGY; CORE SHELL; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ISO-ELECTRIC POINTS; METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR; NOVEL MORPHOLOGIES; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84931275550     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.06.037     Document Type: Review

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