TiO2 surface nanostructuring for improved dye loading and light scattering in double-layered screen-printed dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Applied Electrochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 831-838

  Jalali, Mahsa ^a,b   Moakhar, Roozbeh Siavash ^a,b   Kushwaha, Ajay ^b   Goh, Gregory Kia Liang ^b   Sadrnezhaad, Sayyed Khatiboleslam ^a   Riahi Noori, Nastaran ^c  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c NIROO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

DSSC; Dye loading; Hydrothermal synthesis; Nanorods; Surface nanostructuring; TiO2< inf>

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CHARGE TRANSFER; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANORODS; SOLAR CELLS;

CHARGE TRANSFER PROCESS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; DSSC; DYE LOADING; LIGHT-SCATTERING LAYER; NANOSTRUCTURED TIO; SURFACE NANOSTRUCTURING; TIO;

LOADING;

EID: 84937253569     PISSN: 0021891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10800-015-0852-x     Document Type: Article

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