Photovoltaic performance of bifacial dye sensitized solar cell using chemically healed binary ionic liquid electrolyte solidified with SiO 2 nanoparticles

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 87, Issue , 2013, Pages 425-431

  Cosar, Burak ^a   Icli, Kerem Cagatay ^a   Yavuz, Halil Ibrahim ^a   Ozenbas, MacIt ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bifacial sides illumination; Dye sensitized solar cell; Ionic liquid; SiO2 nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CELL EFFICIENCY; COATING THICKNESS; DIFFUSION LENGTH; DISPERSED PARTICLE; DYE ABSORPTION; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS; ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; GUANIDINIUM; IONIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; MOLARITY; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOANODE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; REAR SIDE; RECOMBINATION RATE; SURFACE PASSIVATION; TANDEM STRUCTURE;

CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION COATINGS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; IONIC LIQUIDS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84870158237     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.09.117     Document Type: Article

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