Solar energy conversion by dye-sensitized photovoltaic cells using high surface area mesoporous carbon counter electrode

Advances in OptoElectronics

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Srinivasu, Pavuluri ^a   Singh, Surya Prakash ^a   Islam, Ashraful ^a,b   Han, Liyuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; COUNTER ELECTRODE MATERIALS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; HIGH SURFACE AREA MESOPOROUS; MESOPOROUS CARBON; UNIFORM PORE; UNIFORM SPHERICAL PARTICLES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLATINUM; PORE SIZE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURFACES;

MESOPOROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84855291886     PISSN: 1687563X     EISSN: 16875648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/504217     Document Type: Article

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