Simple approach for enhancement of light harvesting efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells by polymeric mirror

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 104, 2010, Pages A522-A527

  Lee, Jun Young ^a   Lee, Seungwoo ^a   Park, Jung Ki ^a   Jun, Yongseok ^b   Lee, Young Gi ^c   Kim, Kwang Man ^c   Yun, Jin Ho ^d   Cho, Kuk Young ^d  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^d Kongju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLYMERS;

1-D PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; ANODE LAYERS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LIGHT-TRAPPING; SCATTERING LAYER; SIMPLE APPROACH; SPECULAR REFLECTIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 78149438770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.00A522     Document Type: Article

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