Design of high-efficiency solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells using coupled dye mixtures

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 90, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 864-871

  Bandara, Jayasundera ^a   Weerasinghe, Hasitha ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Charge separation; Covalently attached dyes; Dyad; Dye sensitization; Solid state solar cell; TiO2

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DYES; MIXTURES; PHOTONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CHARGE SEPARATION; COVALENTLY ATTACHED DYES; DYAD; DYE-SENSITIZATION; SOLID-STATE SOLAR CELL;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33344460453     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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