New components for dye-sensitized Solar Cells

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bignozzi, Carlo Alberto ^a   Caramori, Stefano ^a   Cristino, Vito ^a   Boaretto, Rita ^a   Argazzi, Roberto ^a   Di Carlo, Aldo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

BUILDING INTEGRATION; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; DYE- SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES; FABRICATION COST; LOW-COSTS; NEW COMPONENTS; SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSIONS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77954486541     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1110662X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/458614     Document Type: Review

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