Transparent conductive oxide-less three-dimensional cylindrical dye-sensitized solar cell fabricated with flexible metal mesh electrode

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 517-524

  Usagawa, Jun ^a   Pandey, Shyam S ^a   Ogomi, Yuhei ^a   Noguchi, Sho ^a   Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro ^b   Hayase, Shuzi ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

cylindrical solar cells; dye sensitization; LBIC; Pt Ti counter electrode; TCO less

Indexed keywords

COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE SENSITIZATION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; LBIC; NOVEL DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TCO-LESS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTES; GLASS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM OXIDES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84878185520     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1223     Document Type: Article

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