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Titania Nanotubes for Solar Cell Applications

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Nanotubular structures have been established in the literature as advanced porous materials presenting high potential for practical applications and innovative devices. Due to their lengthwise growth, self-organized titania nanotubes belong to the family of 1D materials and continue to be at the forefront of the research activity. In this chapter a thorough analysis of the electrochemical preparation of self-organized titania nanotubes, as well as their application in dye-sensitized solar cells is presented.

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This research has been co-financed by the European Social Fund and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Lifelong Learning” in the framework of ARISTEIA I (AdMatDSC/1847) and THALES (NANOSOLCEL/377756). Financial support from the European Union (Marie Curie Initial Training Network DESTINY/FP7—Grant Agreement 316494) is also acknowledged.

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Vaenas, N., Stergiopoulos, T., Falaras, P. (2015). Titania Nanotubes for Solar Cell Applications. In: Losic, D., Santos, A. (eds) Electrochemically Engineered Nanoporous Materials. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 220. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20346-1_9

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