Applications of carbon materials in photovoltaic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1461-1470

  Zhu, Hongwei ^a   Wei, Jinquan ^a   Wang, Kunlin ^a   Wu, Dehai ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon; Photovoltaic; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CARBON MATERIAL; CARBON-BASED; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SILICON-BASED;

CELL MEMBRANES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 67649403129     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.04.006     Document Type: Review

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