Influence of TiO2/electrode interface on electron transport properties in back contact dye-sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 720-724

  Fuke, Nobuhiro ^a   Fukui, Atsushi ^a   Islam, Ashraful ^a   Komiya, Ryoichi ^a   Yamanaka, Ryohsuke ^a   Harima, Hiroshi ^b   Han, Liyuan ^a  

^a SHARP CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Back contact; Dye sensitized solar cells; Metal electrode

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; BACK CONTACT; BUILT-IN POTENTIALS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRODE INTERFACES; ELECTRODE STRUCTURES; ELECTRON TRANSPORTS; METAL ELECTRODE; METAL MASKS; POROUS FILMS; TI ELECTRODES;

CELL MEMBRANES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL CAMERAS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 67349281339     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.09.037     Document Type: Article

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