Recent progress on tandem structured dye-sensitized solar cells

Frontiers of Optoelectronics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 371-389

  Xiong, Dehua ^a   Chen, Wei ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs); photo electrochemical cell; tandem structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873512023     PISSN: 20952759     EISSN: 20952767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12200-012-0283-9     Document Type: Review

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