The effect of ZnO-coating on the performance of a dye-sensitized solar cell

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1435-1442

  Chou, Chuen Shii ^a   Chou, Feng Cheng ^a   Ding, Yi Geng ^a   Wu, Ping ^b  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Band gap; Dye sensitized solar cell; Power conversion efficiency; ZnO energy barrier; ZnO coated TiO 2 electrode

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TIO; WORKING ELECTRODE; ZINC ACETATE; ZNO;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY BARRIERS; ENERGY GAP; ETHANOL; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

COATING; DYE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; FUEL CELL; OXIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84859441902     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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