TiO2 nanoparticles optimized for photoanodes tested in large area Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC)

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 153, Issue , 2016, Pages 108-116

  Hegazy, Aiat ^a,b   Kinadjian, Natacha ^a   Sadeghimakki, Bahareh ^a   Sivoththaman, Siva ^a   Allam, Nageh K ^b   Prouzet, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anatase; DSSC; Nanoparticle; Photovoltaic; Solar cell; TiO2

Indexed keywords

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SINTERING; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; CURRENT RESISTIVITY; DSSC; MODERATE TEMPERATURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; ROOM TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS; SMALL PARTICLE SIZE; SYNTHESIZED MATERIALS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84964607598     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2016.04.004     Document Type: Article

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