title: Rice grain-shaped TiO2 mesostructures by electrospinning for dye-sensitized solar cells.
abstract: Nanofibers, produced by electrospinning a solution containing titanium tetra(IV) isopropoxide, polyvinyl acetate and acetic acid in N,N-dimethyl acetamide, upon sintering at 500 °C produce rice grain-shaped TiO(2) mesostructures. Each rice grain-shaped TiO(2) has a mixed crystal structure and high porosity and the mesostructures are found to have applications in dye-sensitized solar cells.
authors.affiliation: Healthcare and Energy Materials Laboratory, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576, Singapore. nniansn@nus.edu.sg
authors.forename: A Sreekumaran
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Shengyuan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Peining
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Seeram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramakrishna