High-performance dye-sensitized solar cells with nanomaterials as counter electrode

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7411, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mei, Xiaoguang ^a   Fan, Benhu ^a   Sun, Kuan ^a   Ouyang, Jianyong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Catalysis; Conducting polymer; Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cell; Nanocomposite; Nanomaterial; Photovoltaic efficiency

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; COUNTER ELECTRODE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DROP CASTING; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENES; FILL FACTOR; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; NANO-MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILM; NANOMATERIAL; PEDOT:PSS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; SPECIFIC SURFACE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANES; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL CAMERAS; DISPERSIONS; ENERGY CONVERSION; FILM PREPARATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLATINUM; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 70349902219     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.825858     Document Type: Conference Paper

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