Influence of scattering layers on efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1176-1188

  Hore, Sarmimala ^a,d   Vetter, Carmen ^b   Kern, Rainer ^a,b   Smit, Herman ^c   Hinsch, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost effective fabrication; Dye sensitized solar cells; Scattering layers; Thin layer devices

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVE FABRICATION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SCATTERING LAYERS; THIN LAYER DEVICES;

DYES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33644984726     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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