Fe-tannic acid complex dye as photo sensitizer for different morphological ZnO based DSSCs

Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Volumn 163, Issue , 2016, Pages 79-88

  Çakar, Soner ^a   Özacar, Mahmut ^a  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Fe tannic acid complex; Natural dye; Tannic acid; ZnO nanostructures

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ENAMELS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FLAVONOIDS; IRON COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; TANNINS; TEMPERATURE; VAT DYES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; MICROWAVE HYDROTHERMAL METHOD; MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; NATURAL DYE; TANNIC ACID; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84962449930     PISSN: 13861425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2016.03.031     Document Type: Article

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