<?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%">Stergiopoulos, T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">V. Likodimos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hahn, R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Schmuki, P.</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%">Front-side illuminated dye-sensitized solar cells based on bundle shaped titania nanotube membranes</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84055222573&amp;doi=10.1002%2fpssa.201127143&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=e501faf9cf51032625657ac377c12d6b</style></url></web-urls></urls><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">209</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">193-198</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">TiO 2 nanotubular (NT) membranes with bundle shape morphology were prepared by rapid breakdown anodization (RBA) in fluorine free aqueous electrolytes. The self-assembled nanotube-like materials were detached from the metal foil by immersion in methanolic Br 2 solution and the free-standing membranes were successfully transferred on top of transparent conductive electrodes modified by freshly prepared nanoparticulate (NP) titania films. The composite electrodes, after post-annealing at 450°C, were crystallized under the anatase polymorphism and, then, effectively sensitized by the standard N719 dye (confirmed by micro-Raman spectroscopy under Resonance conditions). The resulting photoelectrodes were incorporated in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) enabling front-side illumination (FSI). The fabricated DSCs attained overall photovoltaic conversion efficiencies of the order of 4.6% under 1 sun (AM 1.5) illumination. The relatively high performance was mainly attributed to the successful packing of the two (NT and NP) layers creating a low resistance interface as well as to the favourable electron transport/recombination dynamics that govern these solar cells. Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH &amp;amp; Co. KGaA, Weinheim.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cited By 2</style></notes></record></records></xml>