@article { ISI:000209665000005,
	title = {Synthetic precursor to vertical TiO2 nanowires},
	journal = {Materials Research Express},
	volume = {1},
	number = {2},
	year = {2014},
	month = {JUN},
	pages = {025005},
	publisher = {IOP PUBLISHING LTD},
	address = {TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>An easy protocol for improvement in formation of the photoanode in a dye sensitized solar cell is addressed. Specifically, a novel synthesis for the formation of a TiO2 precursor: titanium butanediolate, is detailed. This precursor is found to have higher thermal and temporal stability than commercially available TiO2 precursors and it has successfully been employed in the one-pot synthesis of rutile nanowires grown directly on a conducting substrate: fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO). This synthesis has been further extended to directly form a mixed phase TiO2 film consisting of rutile nanowires along with anatase spherical particles on FTO and this assembly has been used as the photoanode in a dye-sensitized solar cell. The synergistic effect of the two phases has provided a net DSSC efficiency of 4.61\% with FF = 61\%.</p>},
	keywords = {Nanomaterials, Nanowires, TiO2},
	issn = {2053-1591},
	doi = {10.1088/2053-1591/1/2/025005},
	author = {Mishra, Biswajit and Ghildiyal, P. and Agarkar, Shruti A. and Khushalani, Deepa}
}
