Plasmon-enhanced photocurrent in dye-sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2600-2605

  Lin, Su Jien ^a   Lee, Kuang Che ^a   Wu, Jyun Lin ^a   Wu, Jun Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Plasmonic structure; Silver particles

Indexed keywords

COATING PROCEDURES; DYE ABSORPTION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-PHOTOCURRENT EFFICIENCIES; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; PLASMONIC; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SILVER PARTICLES; TIO; VISIBLE REGION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLASMONS; SILVER; SOL-GELS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORPTION; DESIGN; DYE; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SILVER;

EID: 84865582063     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.05.027     Document Type: Article

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