Optical simulation of transmittance into a nanocrystalline anatase TiO2 film for solar cell applications

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 201-206

  Tachibana, Yasuhiro ^a   Akiyama, Hitomi Y ^a   Kuwabata, Susumu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Incident light loss; Optical simulation; Refractive index; TiO2

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYES; POROSITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THIN FILMS;

DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; INCIDENT LIGHT LOSS; OPTICAL SIMULATION; TRANSMITTANCE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33750698273     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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