Controlled growth of vertically aligned TiO2 nanorod arrays using the improved hydrothermal method and their application to dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 659, Issue , 2016, Pages 44-50

  Iraj, Masoud ^a   Nayeri, Fatemeh Dehghan ^a   Asl Soleimani, Ebrahim ^a   Narimani, Keyvan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Hydrothermal method; Photovoltaic performance; TiO2 nanorod

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; NANORODS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; LENGTH-TO-WIDTH RATIO; PHOTO-ELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PRECURSOR CONCENTRATION; TIO;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84947575894     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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