Electrophoretic deposition of reduced graphene oxide nanosheets ontio2nanotube arrays for dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 216-222

  Luan, Xinning ^a   Chen, Lina ^b   Zhang, Jiandi ^b   Qu, Guoying ^b   Flake, John C ^b   Wang, Ying ^a  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bamboo type tio2nanotube; Dye sensitized solar cell; Electrophoretic deposition; Reduced graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEPOSITION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENERGY CONVERSION; GRAPHENE; NANOSHEETS; NANOTUBES; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITIONS; HIGHEST ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; PHOTOELECTRODE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SURFACE AREA;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84943002911     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.08.016     Document Type: Article

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