Plasmonic Effects of Infiltrated Silver Nanoparticles Inside TiO2 Film: Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance in DSSCs

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 167-173

  Garmaroudi, Zahra Andaji ^a   Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMONS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

3-MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; BIFUNCTIONAL LINKER MOLECULE; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; INFILTRATED SILVER; NANOSTRUCTURED TIO; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PLASMONIC EFFECTS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

SILVER;

EID: 84953398267     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jace.13923     Document Type: Article

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