Supercritical anti-solvent process for the enhancement of Dye-sensitized solar cell efficiency: A review

Asian Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 331-342

  Zainudin, Siti Nur Fadhilah ^a   Markom, M ^a   Abdullah, H ^a   Adami, R ^b   Tasirin, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Nanoparticle; Photovoltaic performance; Solar cell; Supercritical anti solvent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860182041     PISSN: 19963343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajaps.2011.331.342     Document Type: Review

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