Minimisation of the cost of generated electricity from dye-sensitised solar cells using numerical analysis

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 87, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 133-148

  Maine, J A ^a,c   Phani, G ^b   Bell, J M ^a   Skryabin, I L ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Sustainable Technologies Australia   (Australia)

^c Box 733 ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Array; Cost; Dye sensitised; Simulation; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; ELECTRICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATORS; THIN FILMS;

ARRAY SIMULATORS; DYE SENSITIZED; INFINITESIMAL CELLS; REAL TEST CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 17644414483     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2004.07.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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