High-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells based on electrospun TiO2 multi-layered composite film photoanodes

Energy

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 196-203

  Wang, Guanxi ^a   Xiao, Wei ^b   Yu, Jiaguo ^a,c  

^a Wuhan University of Technology   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrospinning; Multi layered composite film; TiO2 nanorods

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROSPINNING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARGE CARRIER TRANSFER; GRINDING PROCESS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; MULTI-LAYERED COMPOSITES; PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FILM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84931570853     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.03.127     Document Type: Article

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