Effect of dielectric Bragg grating nanostructuring on dye sensitized solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 106, 2012, Pages A888-A897

  Barettin, Daniele ^a   Carlo, Aldo Di ^a   Angelis, Roberta De ^a   Casalboni, Mauro ^a   Prosposito, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; BROADBAND ABSORPTION; CELL LAYERS; DIELECTRIC GRATING; DIFFRACTION EFFECTS; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROLYTE LAYERS; LOW COSTS; NANO-STRUCTURING; OPTIMAL SIZE; PITCH GRATING; SOFT-LITHOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; WAVELENGTH-SCALE PERIODIC GRATINGS;

LITHOGRAPHY; SOLAR CELLS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 84869066188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00A888     Document Type: Article

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