Effects of pH of a hybrid gel incorporated with 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane on the performance of a quasi-solid state dye-sensitized solar cell

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 91, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1313-1318

  Suresh, T ^a   Joseph, James ^b   Mo Son, Kyung ^a   Vittal, R ^a   Lee, Jiwon ^c   Kim, Kang Jin ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Samsung SDI   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3 Aminopropyltrimethoxysilane; Dye sensitized solar cell; Hybrid gel; Open circuit voltage; Short circuit photocurrent

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PH EFFECTS; PHOTOCURRENTS; SILANES; SOLAR CELLS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL (DSSC); HYBRID GEL; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGE;

GELS;

EID: 34250802865     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2007.04.030     Document Type: Article

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