A TiO2 Nanofiber-Carbon Nanotube-Composite Photoanode for Improved Efficiency in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

ChemSusChem

Volumn 8, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 3396-3400

  MacDonald, Thomas J ^a   Tune, Daniel D ^b,c   Dewi, Melissa R ^a   Gibson, Christopher T ^c   Shapter, Joseph G ^c   Nann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; energy conversion; nanofibers; nanotubes; titanium

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOFIBERS; NANOTUBES; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM; YARN;

CARBON-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; ELECTROSPUNS; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHT-SCATTERING LAYER; PHOTO-ANODES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SCATTERING LAYER; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS);

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

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

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; TITANIUM;

EID: 84945470650     PISSN: 18645631     EISSN: 1864564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201500945     Document Type: Article

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