Electric characterization and modeling of microfluidic-based dye-sensitized solar cell

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sacco, Adriano ^a,b   Lamberti, Andrea ^a,b   Quaglio, Marzia ^a   Bianco, Stefano ^a   Tresso, Elena ^a,b   Alexe Ionescu, Anca Luiza ^a,c   Pirri, Candido F ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTES; MICROFLUIDICS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DYE- SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRIC CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRIC MODELS; ELECTRIC RESPONSE; MICROFLUIDIC-BASED; PRECISE CONTROL; SEALING STRUCTURES; SMALL AMPLITUDE; STRUCTURE-BASED; TIO 2 LAYER;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84859741571     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1687529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/216780     Document Type: Article

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