Development of a high-efficiency laminated dye-sensitized solar cell with a condenser lens

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 104, 2011, Pages A818-A823

  Choi, Soochang ^a   Cho, Eun Na Ra ^a   Lee, Sang Min ^a   Kim, Yong Woo ^b   Lee, Deug Woo ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Busan Eco Industrial Park Development Division   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

CELL EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HIGH EFFICIENCY; ISOLATED CELLS; PHOTOELECTRIC EFFICIENCY;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 79959903553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00A818     Document Type: Article

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