Highly efficient, optically semi-transparent, ZnO-based dye-sensitized solar cells with Indoline D-358 as the dye

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-32

  Premaratne, K ^a   Kumara, G R A ^a   Rajapakse, R M G ^a   Karunarathne, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Atomized spray pyrolysis deposition technique; Transparent ZnO Dye sensitized solar cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855736072     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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