A comparison of the performances of different mesoporous titanias in dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Latini, Alessandro ^a   Panetta, Riccardo ^a   Cavallo, Carmen ^a   Gozzi, Daniele ^a   Quaranta, Simone ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHARACTERIZATION; NANOSPHERES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILICA; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BET SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENT; MONODISPERSE SILICA; NON-VOLATILE ELECTROLYTE; ORGANIC TEMPLATING; SILICA NANOSPHERES; SIMULATED SOLAR RADIATIONS; TEMPLATE APPROACH; UV-VIS REFLECTANCES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84935876686     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/450405     Document Type: Article

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