Durability of dye-sensitized solar cells and modules

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 0211051-0211057

  Kitamura, Takayuki ^a   Okada, Kenichi ^a   Matsui, Hiroshi ^a   Tanabe, Nobuo ^a  

^a FUJIKURA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ENDURANCE TEST; HIGH STABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE CONDITION; IONIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; PROTECTION LAYERS; SUBMODULES; WATER INTRUSIONS;

DURABILITY; ELECTROLYTES; IONIC LIQUIDS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; STABILITY;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 77955221892     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001152     Document Type: Article

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