Strategy to improve the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells: Interface engineering principle

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3143-3159

  Xia, Jiangbin ^a   Yanagida, Shozo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Stacking self organization on interfaces; Dye sensitized TiO2; Hybrid ruthenium dye; Nb2O5 blocking layer; PEDOT hole conductor; Photo electro polymerization

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; DYE SENSITIZED; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HYBRID RUTHENIUM DYE; INTERFACE ENGINEERING; LONG TERM STABILITY; LONG-TERM STABILITY TEST; MOLECULAR ENGINEERING; PEDOT HOLE CONDUCTOR; PHOTO-ELECTRO-POLYMERIZATION; RECENT PROGRESS; TIO;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; RUTHENIUM;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ANATASE; COMMERCIALIZATION; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ENGINEERING; FUEL CELL; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLYMERIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RUTHENIUM; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 81855199964     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.10.005     Document Type: Review

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