Effect of the compact Ti layer on the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells assembled using stainless steel sheets

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 275, Issue , 2013, Pages 222-226

  Meng, Lijian ^a,b,d   Wu, Mingxing ^c   Wang, Yongmei ^d   Guo, Wei ^d   Ma, Chunyu ^d   Ma, Tingli ^d   Silva, Rui ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

DSSC; Dye sensitized solar cell; Flexible; Impedance spectroscopy; Stainless steel; Titanium

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SOLAR CELLS; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL SHEET; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM SHEET;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; DC MAGNETRON SPUTTERING TECHNIQUE; DSSC; FLEXIBLE; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HIGH SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84877585300     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.12.157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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