Thermo-stable carbon nanotube-TiO2 nanocompsite as electron highways in dye-sensitized solar cell produced by bio-nano-process

Nanotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 28, 2015, Pages

  Inoue, Ippei ^a   Yamauchi, Hirofumi ^b   Okamoto, Naofumi ^b   Toyoda, Kenichi ^b   Horita, Masahiro ^b   Ishikawa, Yasuaki ^b   Yasueda, Hisashi ^a   Uraoka, Yukiharu ^b,c   Yamashita, Ichiro ^b  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

biological supramolecule; biomineralization; carbon nanotube; dyesensitized solar cell; titanium oxide

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SINTERING; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM; TITANIUM OXIDES; YARN;

CAGE-SHAPED PROTEINS; CARBON NANO-MATERIALS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); GENETICALLY MODIFIED; IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; SILICON SUBSTRATES; SUPRAMOLECULES; VAPOR LIQUID SOLIDS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; COLORING AGENT; FERRITIN; NANOCOMPOSITE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON; GENETICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COLORING AGENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONS; FERRITINS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM;

EID: 84937154617     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/28/285601     Document Type: Article

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