Parasitic absorption effect of metal nanoparticles in the dye-sensitized solar cells

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 209, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1376-1379

  Yuan, Li ^a   Chen, Fuyi ^a   Zheng, Chunfeng ^a   Liu, Jian ^a   Alemu, Negash ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

conversion efficiency; dye sensitized solar cells; metal absorption; plasmonic effects

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EFFECTS; DYE SENSITIZED; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN TECHNIQUE; METAL ABSORPTION; METAL NANOPARTICLE ARRAYS; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; PLASMONIC; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS; VISIBLE-LIGHT WAVELENGTHS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84863671991     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201228099     Document Type: Article

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