Enhanced optical absorption of dye-sensitized solar cells with microcavity-embedded TiO2 photoanodes

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 102, 2012, Pages A168-A176

  Liu, Da Wei ^a   Cheng, I Chun ^a   Chen, Jian Z ^b   Chen, Hsin Wei ^a   Ho, Kuo Chuan ^a   Chiang, Chin Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROCAVITIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CELL PERFORMANCE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFECTIVE INDEX OF REFRACTION; ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; HIGH-TO-LOW; LIGHT CONFINEMENTS; LIGHT ILLUMINATION; LONG WAVELENGTH; LOW-TO-HIGH; NANOPOROUS TIO; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SUB-LAYERS; TIO;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84858956342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00A168     Document Type: Article

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