Concept and demonstration of all organic Gratzel solar cell (dye sensitized solar cell)

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Somani, Prakash R ^a   Somani, Savita P ^a   Umeno, M ^a   Sato, A ^a  

^a CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CURRENT DENSITY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ENERGY GAP; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; THIN FILMS;

COPPER-PHTHALOCYANINE THIN FILMS; MICROWAVE ASSISTED SURFACE WAVE PLASMA CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; POROUS THICK FILMS; TAUC BAND GAP;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33747845534     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2337563     Document Type: Article

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