Influence of solvents and surface treatment on photovoltaic response of dssc based on natural curcumin dye

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 312-319

  Sreekala, C O ^a   Jinchu, I ^a   Sreelatha, K S ^a   Janu, Yojana ^b   Prasad, Narottam ^b   Kumar, Manish ^b   Sadh, Amit K ^b   Roy, M S ^b  

^a AMRITA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DEFENCE LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Curcumin; dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC); nanocrystalline TiO 2 (nc TiO 2); photoaction spectra; photoelectrode

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO; PHOTOACTION SPECTRA; PHOTOELECTRODE;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TIN; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84865247959     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2185782     Document Type: Article

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