Electrical and optical studies of flexible stainless steel mesh electrodes for dye sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2120-2125

  Vijayakumar, Vishnuvardhanan ^a   Du Pasquier, Aurelien ^a,b   Birnie III, Dunbar P ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DSSC; Flexible; Impedance spectroscopy; Stainless steel mesh; TCO less architecture

Indexed keywords

DSSC; FLEXIBLE; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STAINLESS STEEL MESH; TCO - LESS ARCHITECTURE;

CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; ELECTRODES; FLUORINE; OXIDATION; SINTERING; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 79958078354     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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