Transparent conducting oxide-free dye-sensitized solar cells based solely on flexible foils

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 28, 2012, Pages 9700-9703

  Bonilha, Caio ^a   Benedetti, João E ^b   Nogueira, Ana F ^b   De Souza Gonçalves, Agnaldo ^a  

^a Tezca Research and Development of Solar Cells Ltd   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING LAYERS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FILL FACTOR; HOLE DIAMETER; IONIC PATHWAYS; LAYER DEPOSITION; PHOTOELECTRODE; POROUS TIO; THROUGH HOLE; TIO;

METAL FOIL; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84863907156     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie300842v     Document Type: Article

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