Degradation mechanism of ZnO-based dye-sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 323-326

  Ke, Lin ^a   Dolmanan, Surani Bin ^a   Shen, Lu ^a   Pallathadk, Pramoda Kumari ^a   Zhang, Zheng ^a   Ying Lai, Doreen Mei ^a   Liu, Hong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Degradation; Dye sensitized solar cell; Interface; ZnO

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DEGRADATION PROCESS; DEVICE LIFETIME; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; INTERFACE; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROSCOPY; SEMI-CONDUCTOR SURFACES; SOLAR SIMULATOR; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ZNO; ZNO NANOROD; ZNO SURFACE;

DEGRADATION; DESORPTION; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANORODS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLAR CELLS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 72149128453     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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