One pot synthesis of multi-functional tin oxide nanostructures for high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 646, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-39

  Wali, Qamar ^a   Fakharuddin, Azhar ^a   Yasin, Amina ^a   Ab Rahim, Mohd Hasbi ^a   Ismail, Jamil ^a   Jose, Rajan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Electron life time and recombination; Photovoltaic; TiO2< inf> SnO2< inf> composite structure; UV VIS spectroscopy measurements

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM OXIDES; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; LIFE-TIMES; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; POROUS NANOPARTICLES; TIO; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84931292245     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.05.120     Document Type: Article

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