Spatial characterization techniques for dye-sensitized solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1507-1511

  Bokalic, Matevž ^a   Opara Krašovec, Urša ^a   Hočevar, Mateja ^a   Topič, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Electroluminescence; Measurement by laser beam; Optical imaging; Photochemistry; Photovoltaic cells

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION TIME; DYE SENSITIZED; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; INHOMOGENEITIES; LIGHT BEAM INDUCED CURRENTS; MEASUREMENT BY LASER BEAM; OPTICAL IMAGING; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SCREEN-PRINTED; SOLAR MODULE; SPATIAL CHARACTERIZATION;

PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84869430644     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317882     Document Type: Conference Paper

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