Dye sensitized solar cells: A review

Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Jena, Ajay ^a   Mohanty, Shyama Prasad ^a   Kumar, Pragyensh ^a   Naduvath, Johns ^a   Gondane, Vivekanand ^a   Lekha, P ^a   Das, Jaykrushna ^a   Narula, Harsh Kumar ^a   Mallick, S ^a   Bhargava, P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Counter electrode; DSSC module; Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrolyte; Light harvesting; Quantum dots; Sealant; Sensitizers; Sintering; Spectral engineering; Titania; Titania nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ELECTROLYTES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOEXCITATION; SEALANTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SINTERING; SUBSTRATES; THICK FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; DSSC MODULE; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; LIGHT-HARVESTING; SENSITIZERS; SPECTRAL ENGINEERINGS; TITANIA; TITANIA NANOTUBES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84866427911     PISSN: 0371750X     EISSN: 21655456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0371750X.2012.689503     Document Type: Article

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