Graphene and Ag nanowires co-modified photoanodes for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 122, Issue , 2015, Pages 966-975

  Yan, Haoran ^a   Wang, Jianxin ^a   Feng, Bo ^a   Duan, Ke ^a   Weng, Jie ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag nanowires; Dye sensitized solar cell; Graphene; Light scatting layer; Mesoporous microspheres

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; GRAPHENE; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROSPHERES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOWIRES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AG NANOWIRES; ELECTRON TRANSFER; MESOPOROUS MICROSPHERES; MULTISTAGE STRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLE LAYERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; VISIBLE LIGHT REGION;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

CARBON; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODE; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOPARTICLE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SILVER; TITANIUM;

EID: 84946400857     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.10.026     Document Type: Article

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