Sol-gel niobium pentoxide coatings: Applications to photovoltaic energy conversion and electrochromism

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-10

  Aegerter, Michel A ^a   Schmitt, Michael ^b   Guo, Yeping ^a  

^a INM LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEW MATERIALS   (Germany)

^b DIN Deutsches Institut fur Normung   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; NANOCRYSTALS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS;

COATING APPLICATION; ELECTROCHROMIC COATING; NANOCRYSTALLINE SOLAR CELLS; NANOSCALE POWDER; NIOBIUM PENTOXIDE; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY CONVERSION; POROUS SYSTEM; POWDER SYSTEMS; SOL'GEL; STATE OF THE ART;

ELECTROCHROMISM;

EID: 0013045217     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1110662X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1110662X02000016     Document Type: Article

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