Study on effect of reductant in photosensitizer for solar energy conversion and storage: Bismark brown - Oxalic acid system

International Journal of ChemTech Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 213-222

  Nenival, Narpat Raj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Conversion efficiency; Current Voltage characteristics; Fill factor

Indexed keywords

OXALIC ACID; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84856920901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09744290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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