Plasma treated TiO2 aerogel nanostructures as photoanode material and its influence on the performance of quasi-solid dye-sensitized solar cells

Materials Research Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue , 2017, Pages 201-208

  S , Alwin ^a   X , Sahaya Shajan ^a   Menon, Ranjini ^b   P Y , Nabhiraj ^b   P V , Ananthapadmanabhan ^a  

^a PSN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b VARIABLE ENERGY CYCLOTRON CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Anatase; Electron life time; Oxygen vacancies; Recombination; Solar energy materials

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; INTENSITY MODULATED PHOTOCURRENT SPECTROSCOPY (IMPS); LIFE-TIMES; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RECOMBINATION; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 84994545303     PISSN: 00255408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2016.10.018     Document Type: Article

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