Dye-sensitized solar cells based on P25 nanoparticles/TiO2 nanotube arrays/hollow TiO2 boxes three-layer composite film

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 5362-5370

  Hu, Jinghua ^a   Cheng, Jiejie ^a   Tong, Shengqiang ^a   Zhao, Li ^c   Duan, Jinxia ^c   Yang, Yingping ^a,b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

DOUBLE-LAYER FILMS; HOLLOW STRUCTURE; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LIGHT-SCATTERING LAYER; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; THREE-LAYER FILM; TIO2 NANO-PARTICLES; TRANSMISSION DISTANCES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84957041552     PISSN: 09574522     EISSN: 1573482X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10854-016-4436-2     Document Type: Article

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