Research Article

Study of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Scanning Electron Micrograph Observation and Thickness Optimization of Porous Electrodes

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Cross-sectional SEM images of a porous double-layered TiO2 electrode polished with an Ar-ion beam (nanocrystalline-TiO2 layer: 14  m thick; submicron crystalline-TiO2 layer: 5  m thick). (a) is the most zoomed-out image. White dotted quadrangles show the zoomed-in area for the other images.
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