Assessing the use of simple dye-sensitized solar cells for drinking water chlorination by communities with limited resources

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1651-1654

  Appleyard, Steve ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlorination; Drinking water; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; ENERGY CONVERSION; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POTABLE WATER; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; WATER RESOURCES; ZINC OXIDE;

DRINKING WATER; DYE-SENSITIZED; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS; IODIDE/TRI IODIDES; LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES; LOWER COSTS; OPEN CIRCUIT POTENTIALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL; POWER OUTPUTS; PRUSSIAN BLUES; REDOX COUPLES; SHORT CIRCUITS; SOLAR ELECTRICITIES; WASTE MATERIALS; ZNO;

SOLAR ENERGY;

CHLORINATION; DRINKING WATER; DYE; FUEL CELL; RECYCLING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOLAR POWER; TITANIUM; ZINC;

EID: 59049092646     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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