Functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes for enhanced photocurrent in dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sreekala, Chandra Sekharan Nair Omana Amma ^a   Indiramma, Jinchu ^a   Kumar, Kandala Bala Subramanya Pavan ^a   Sreelatha, Karyaveettil Savithriamma ^a,b   Roy, Mahesh Saran ^c  

^a AMRITA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Government College   (India)

^c DEFENCE LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Cluster formation; Dye sensitized solar cell; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Open circuit voltage; Short circuit photocurrent

Indexed keywords

EID: 85135220876     PISSN: 20089244     EISSN: 21938865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-8865-3-19     Document Type: Article

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