Impact of particle shape on electron transport and lifetime in zinc oxide nanorod-based dye-sensitized solar cells

AIMS Materials Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 51-65

  Chang, Roger ^a   Ithisuphalap, Kemakorn ^a   Kretzschmar, Ilona ^a  

^a City College of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

DSCs; DSSCs; Electron mobility; Interconnectivity; Porosity; Shape dependence; Surface properties; TiO2; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013055915     PISSN: 23720484     EISSN: 23720468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/matersci.2016.1.51     Document Type: Article

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