In situ image processing method to investigate performance and stability of dye solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 331-338

  Asghar, Muhammad Imran ^a   Miettunen, Kati ^a,b   Mastroianni, Simone ^c   Halme, Janne ^a   Vahlman, Henri ^a   Lund, Peter ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Image processing; Solar cells; Stability

Indexed keywords

AGING STUDIES; CELL CONFIGURATIONS; COLOR CALIBRATION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CURVE; DYE LAYERS; DYE SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; HARMFUL EFFECTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; IMAGE PROCESSING - METHODS; IMAGING METHOD; IN-SITU; KEY FACTORS; NONDESTRUCTIVE METHODS; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; RECOVERY EFFECTS; REVERSE BIAS; TIO; VISIBLE LIGHT;

BLEACHING; CLEANING; COLOR; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEGRADATION; DIGITAL CAMERAS; ELECTROLYTES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

IN SITU PROCESSING;

CALIBRATION; CATALYST; COLOR; DYE; ELECTROKINESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FUEL CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IODIDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OXIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; STABILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84855193956     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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