A glass frit-sealed dye solar cell module with integrated series connections

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1680-1691

  Sastrawan, R ^a   Beier, J ^b   Belledin, U ^a   Hemming, S ^c   Hinsch, A ^d   Kern, R ^d   Vetter, C ^b   Petrat, F M ^e   Prodi Schwab, A ^e   Lechner, P ^f   Hoffmann, W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Inst F Angewandte Photovoltaik   (Germany)

^c PSE GmbH   (Germany)

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

^e EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

^f RWE POWER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dye sensitised; Glass frit; Module; Series; Solar

Indexed keywords

COLOR; ELECTROLYTES; HERMETIC SEALS; SEALANTS; THERMAL CYCLING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

DYE SENSITISED; DYE SOLAR CELL (DSC); GLASS FRIT; MODULE; SERIES; SOLAR; VISCOUS IONIC LIQUIDS;

SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

EID: 33646070598     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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