Review on nanostructured semiconductors for dye sensitized solar cells

Electronic Materials Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-243

  Prakash, T ^a  

^a CHETTINAD HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; heterojunctions; hole transporters; nanostructured semiconductors

Indexed keywords

BULK SAMPLES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; HOLE-TRANSPORTERS; NANOSTRUCTURED SEMICONDUCTOR; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT;

GLOBAL WARMING; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84863319891     PISSN: 17388090     EISSN: 20936788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13391-012-1038-x     Document Type: Review

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