Fabrication of spacer and catalytic layers in monolithic dye-sensitized solar cells

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1004-1011

  Vesce, Luigi ^a,b   Riccitelli, Riccardo ^b   Mincuzzi, Girolamo ^a,b   Orabona, Alessio ^a   Soscia, Giuseppe ^a   Brown, Thomas M ^a,b   Di Carlo, Aldo ^a,b   Reale, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Dyepower   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon graphite counter electrode; hybrid and dye sensitized PV; monolithic cell; photo electrode; thickness control; thickness measurement; titanium dioxide; zirconia spacer

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATES; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE SENSITIZED; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRONICS INTEGRATIONS; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PHOTO-ELECTRODES;

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; THICKNESS CONTROL; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZIRCONIA;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84880248708     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2262374     Document Type: Article

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