Dye-sensitized solar cells based on carbon counter electrode

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Joshi, Prakash ^a   Yu, Xie ^a   Mwaura, Jeremiah ^b   Ropp, Mike ^a   Galipeau, David ^a   Qiao, Qiquan ^a  

^a South Dakota State University   (United States)

^b KONARKA TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON COUNTER ELECTRODES; CARBON NANO-PARTICLES; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE (FTO); PROPYLENE CARBONATE;

CARBON; ENERGY CONVERSION; MIXTURES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84879724982     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922625     Document Type: Conference Paper

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