Smart materials and concepts for photovoltaics: Dye sensitized solar cells

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 97-126

  Di Carlo, A ^a   Reale, A ^a   Brown, T M ^a   Cecchetti, M ^a   Giordano, F ^a   Roma, G ^a   Liberatore, M ^a   Miruzzo, V ^a   Conte, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrolyte; PEDOT; Photovoltaics; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952941240     PISSN: 18746500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8796-7_8     Document Type: Article

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