Light scattering management of dye-sensitized solar cells based on double-layered photoanodes aided by uniform TiO2 aggregates

Materials Research Bulletin

Volumn 73, Issue , 2016, Pages 268-275

  Bakhshayesh, A M ^a  

^a SUN Nanotechnologists Company ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

electrical properties; Multilayers; Nanostructures; Semiconductors; sol gel chemistry

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT SCATTERING; MULTILAYERS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDE MINERALS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; LIGHT-SCATTERING LAYER; NANO-CRYSTALLINE LAYERS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOL-GEL CHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET-VISIBLE SPECTRA;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84942474381     PISSN: 00255408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2015.09.017     Document Type: Article

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