Change of dye bath for sensitisation of nanocrystalline TiO2 films: Enhances performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

Advances in OptoElectronics

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chandrasekharam, Malapaka ^a   Rajkumar, Ganugula ^b   Rao, Chikkam Srinivasa ^a   Reddy, Paidi Yella ^b   Kantam, Mannepalli Lakshmi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Aisin Cosmos R and D Co   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY LIQUIDS; BINARY-LIQUID MIXTURES; DYE BATH; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HETEROLEPTIC; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO; PHOTOCURRENT ACTION SPECTRUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SENSITISATION; TIO;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; ETHANOL; MIXTURES; POWER QUALITY; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 80052674111     PISSN: 1687563X     EISSN: 16875648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/376369     Document Type: Article

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