Transparent conductive oxideless tandem dye-sensitized solar cells consisting of light-splitting structures

Journal of Photonics for Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Usagawa, Jun ^a   Kaya, Masaki ^a   Ogomi, Yuhei ^a   Pandey, Shyam S ^a   Hayase, Shuzi ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Mesh; Solid; Tandem; Titania

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; MESH; NANOPOROUS TITANIA; POLYSTYRENE PARTICLE; SINGLE CELLS; STAINLESS STEEL MESH; TANDEM; TANDEM CELLS; TANDEM STRUCTURE; THIN LAYERS; TI ELECTRODE; TIO; TITANIA; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE;

OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; POLYSTYRENES; SOLIDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84870605990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19477988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3555458     Document Type: Article

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