How to design dye-sensitized solar cell modules

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2564-2569

  Zhang, Yi Duo ^a   Huang, Xiao Ming ^a   Gao, Kui Yi ^a   Yang, Yue Yong ^a   Luo, Yan Hong ^a   Li, Dong Mei ^a   Meng, Qing Bo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Design; Dye sensitized solar cell; Module; Optimization; Simulation; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

APERTURE-AREA EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERS; I - V CURVE; JOULE LOSS; LARGE AREA MODULE; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; MODULE; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZED GEOMETRIES; SIMULATION;

EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79959287939     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.02.035     Document Type: Article

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