Application of finite-difference time domain to dye-sensitized solar cells: The effect of nanotube-array negative electrode dimensions on light absorption

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 250-257

  Ong, Keat G ^a   Varghese, Oomman K ^b   Mor, Gopal K ^b   Shankar, Karthik ^b   Grimes, Craig A ^b  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbance; Dye sensitized solar cell; Finite difference time domain; Numerical analysis; Titania nanotube

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DYES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHTING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL (DSC); NANOTUBE ARRAYS; TITANIA NANOTUBE; TRANSVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC (TEM) WAVE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33845346828     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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