Long-term stability of dye solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1179-1188

  Harikisun, Ravi ^a   Desilvestro, Hans ^a  

^a Dyesol Limited Company   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dye solar cells; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Long term stability; Performance degradation mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGEING TESTS; CONTINUOUS LIGHT; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DYE DEGRADATION; DYE SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROLYTE SYSTEMS; FILL FACTOR; LIGHT LEVEL; LONG TERM STABILITY; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION MECHANISMS; POSITIVE POTENTIAL; PRODUCT LIFE; SERIES RESISTANCES; SOLVENT BASED;

ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON MOBILITY; IODINE; IONIC LIQUIDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PLATINUM; SOLAR CELLS; TESTING;

DEGRADATION;

CATALYSIS; DYE; ELECTROLYTE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ION; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOLAR POWER; SOLVENT; SPECTROSCOPY; STABILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EUROPE;

EID: 79956092665     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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