Comparison of physical and electrochemical properties of ZnO prepared via different surfactant-assisted precipitation routes

Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 787-794

  Gupta, Arun ^a   Srivastava, Pankaj ^a   Bahadur, Lal ^a   Amalnerkar, D P ^b   Chauhan, Ratna ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY C MET   (India)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; N719 dye; Surfactants; ZnO

Indexed keywords

BLUE SHIFT; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDE MINERALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FLOWER-LIKE ZNO; N719 DYE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PARAMETERS; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SURFACTANT ASSISTED; ZINC OXIDE NANOPOWDERS; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84996467099     PISSN: 21905509     EISSN: 21905517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13204-014-0379-1     Document Type: Article

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