An analytical study of the porosity effect on dye-sensitized solar cell performance

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1331-1344

  Ni, Meng ^a   Leung, Michael K H ^a   Leung, Dennis Y C ^a   Sumathy, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Current voltage characteristics; Dye sensitized TiO2 solar cell; Porosity

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DIFFUSION; DYES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

DYE-SENSITIZED TIO2 SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON DIFFUSION;

POROSITY;

EID: 33644989682     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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