Flexible CdS photoelectrodes for photoelectrochemical solar cell applications

Energy Education Science and Technology Part A: Energy Science and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-78

  Sankir, Nurdan Demirci ^a   Tezel, Tamer ^a   Dogan, Bahadir ^a  

^a TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cadmium sulfide; Electrochemical impedance; Flexible photoelectrode; Photoelectrochemical solar cell

Indexed keywords

CDS; CDS THIN FILMS; CHARGE TRANSFER MECHANISMS; DIFFUSION MODEL; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT MEASUREMENTS; MIXED KINETICS; NANOCRYSTALLINES; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL SOLAR CELL; PHOTOELECTRODE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TIME CONSTANTS; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTRONS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84861922432     PISSN: 1308772X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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