TiO2 microspheres with controllable surface area and porosity for enhanced light harvesting and electrolyte diffusion in dye-sensitized solar cells

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 37, 2015, Pages 5946-5953

  Ding, Yong ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Mo, Li'E ^a   Jiang, Ling ^a   Hu, Linhua ^a   Li, Zhaoqian ^a   Chen, Shuanghong ^a   Dai, Songyuan ^a,b  

^a HEFEI INSTITUTES OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE   (China)

^b NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; photoanodes; pore size; porosity; TiO2 microspheres

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DEIONIZED WATER; DIFFUSION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTES; ETHANOL; MICROSPHERES; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONTROLLABLE DIAMETER; DIFFUSION RESISTANCE; ELECTRON COLLECTIONS; OPTIMIZED CONFIGURATION; PHOTO-ANODES; POROSITY AND PORE SIZE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SYNTHESIZING CONDITIONS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84942816883     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201502224     Document Type: Article

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