An investigation on the performance of a silver ionic solid electrolyte system for a new detergent-based nanocrystalline dye-sensitized solar cell

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1712-1717

  Muthuraaman, B ^a   Murugesan, S ^a,b   Mathew, Vinod ^a   Ganesan, S ^a   Paul, B Joseph ^a   Madhavan, J ^a   Maruthamuthu, P ^a   Suthanthiraraj, S Austin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Photoelectrochemical studies; Solid state composite electrolyte; XRD spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHARGE TRANSFER; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTROLYTES; NANOCRYSTALLINE POWDERS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

COMPLEXING AGENTS; EJECTED ELECTRONS; FAST ION CONDUCTING; NANOCRYSTALLINES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; REVERSE REACTIONS; SIMULATED SUNLIGHT; SOLID STATE COMPOSITES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 55349114684     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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