Review: Dye sensitised solar cells

Materials Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 9-14

  Arjunan, T V ^a   Senthil, T S ^b  

^a Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering   (India)

^b ERODE SENGUNTHAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Dye sensitised solar cell; Silicon solar cell; Solar energy conversion; Thin film solar cell

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL MARKET; DYE-SENSITISED SOLAR CELLS; HIGH POTENTIAL; HIGHER ENERGY PHOTONS; INDIRECT METHODS; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; NANOCRYSTALLINE SOLAR CELLS; OPERATING PRINCIPLES; OPERATIONAL ASPECTS; P-N JUNCTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY CONVERSION; SECOND GENERATION; SILICON-BASED; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIRD GENERATION; THREE GENERATIONS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIN FILMS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84868151715     PISSN: 10667857     EISSN: 17535557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1753555712Y.0000000040     Document Type: Review

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