Microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of structure-controlled ZnO nanocrystals and their properties in dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochemistry

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 253-261

  Sun, He ^a   Sun, Lina ^a   Sugiura, Takashi ^b   White, Matthew S ^c,d   Stadler, Philipp ^d   Sariciftci, Niyazi S ^d   Masuhara, Akito ^a   Yoshida, Tsukasa ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c University of Vermont ^*  (United States)

^d JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Microwave; Nano particle; ZnO

Indexed keywords

DYES; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MICROWAVES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSHEETS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRON-BEAM DIFFRACTION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; PHOTOSENSITIZER DYES; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; STRUCTURE DIRECTING AGENTS; TETRACARBOXYLIC ACID; TOTAL SURFACE AREA;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 85019152934     PISSN: 13443542     EISSN: 21862451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5796/electrochemistry.85.253     Document Type: Article

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