Laminating solution-processed silver nanowire mesh electrodes onto solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 875-879

  Hardin, Brian E ^a   Gaynor, Whitney ^a   Ding, I Kang ^a   Rim, Seung Bum ^a   Peumans, Peter ^a   McGehee, Michael D ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cells; Nanomaterials; Optoelectronics; Solution processed

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODES; LAMINATING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; EVAPORATED ELECTRODES; MATERIAL USAGE; MESH ELECTRODES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SILVER NANOWIRES; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SOLUTION-PROCESSED;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79953266037     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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