Reliability study of ruthenium-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs)

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-34

  Bari, Daniele ^a   Cester, Andrea ^a   Wrachien, Nicola ^a   Ciammaruchi, Laura ^b   Brown, Thomas M ^b   Reale, Andrea ^b   Di Carlo, Aldo ^b   Meneghesso, Gaudenzio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells (DSCs); reliability of solar cell; ruthenium based dye; thermal stress

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SPECIES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FUNCTION OF TIME; ILLUMINATION INTENSITY; ION MIGRATION; PHOTOGENERATED CURRENT; SUNLIGHT EXPOSURE; TIO2;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; RELIABILITY; RUTHENIUM; THERMAL STRESS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84865198280     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2011.2180702     Document Type: Article

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