<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vaenas, N.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bidikoudi, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stergiopoulos, T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">V. Likodimos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A. G. Kontos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">P. Falaras</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Annealing effects on self-assembled TiO2 nanotubes and their behavior as photoelectrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chemical Engineering Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84882883553&amp;doi=10.1016%2fj.cej.2013.02.017&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=125439f32e8e9caa05dff92e501d591d</style></url></web-urls></urls><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">224</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">121-127</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Self-assembled highly ordered TiO2 nanotube arrays were grown on Ti foils in NH4F ethylene glycol electrolyte under mild anodic oxidation conditions. The effect of annealing post-treatment on their structural properties was systematically investigated with respect to their electrical characteristics and photoelectrochemical performance in back-side illuminated dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). A variety of parameters was controlled and optimized including the annealing temperature, the heating rate and duration of the thermal treatment. The obtained results confirmed a correlation between the crystalline/structural properties of the TiO2 nanotubes and their electrical characteristics, thus revealing the close interplay of crystal size, grain boundaries and crystallite interconnectivity with the electron dynamics (transport/ recombination) governing the DSC operation and efficiency. The high importance of a barrier layer at the interface between the nanotubes and the Ti foil was also highlighted. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cited By 14</style></notes></record></records></xml>