2-Ethyl-1-hexanol based screen-printed titania thin films for dye-sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 422-430

  Tsoukleris, D S ^a   Arabatzis, I M ^a   Chatzivasiloglou, E ^a   Kontos, A I ^a   Belessi, V ^a   Bernard, M C ^b   Falaras, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Screen printing; TiO2 thin films

Indexed keywords

DYE-SYNTHESIZED SOLAR CELLS; NANOCRYSTALLINE THIN FILMS; SCREEN-PRINTING PASTES; TIO2 THIN FILMS;

DYES; ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS; SCREEN PRINTING; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

THIN FILMS;

FILM; PRINTING;

EID: 25444465884     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2005.02.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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