Degradation analysis of dye-sensitized solar cell module after long-term stability test under outdoor working condition

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 893-897

  Kato, Naohiko ^a   Takeda, Yasuhiko ^a   Higuchi, Kazuo ^a   Takeichi, Akihiro ^a   Sudo, Eiichi ^a   Tanaka, Hiromitsu ^a   Motohiro, Tomoyoshi ^a   Sano, Toshiyuki ^b   Toyoda, Tatsuo ^b  

^a Rd Management Section   (Japan)

^b AISIN SEIKI CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Long term stability; Module; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

COUNTER ELECTRODES; DEGRADATION ANALYSIS; DURABILITY TESTS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FILLING FACTORS; LONG-TERM STABILITY; LONG-TERM STABILITY TESTS; MODULE; N719 DYES; NERNST DIFFUSIONS; PHOTOVOLTAGES; TRIIODIDE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; METAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 67349198596     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.10.022     Document Type: Article

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