Study of the effects of UV-exposure on dye-sensitized solar cells

IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bari, Daniele ^a   Wrachien, Nicola ^a   Meneghesso, Gaudenzio ^a   Andrea, Cester ^a   Tagliaferro, Roberto ^b   Brown, Thomas M ^b   Reale, Andrea ^b   Di Carlo, Aldo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

degradation mechanisms; Dye sensitized solar cell; electrolyte bleaching; reliability; ultraviolet irradiation

Indexed keywords

DC MEASUREMENTS; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; MAIN EFFECT; SERIES RESISTANCES; SIDE EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS; UV IRRADIATION;

BLEACHING; CLEANING; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROLYTES; IRRADIATION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; RELIABILITY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84880976211     PISSN: 15417026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IRPS.2013.6532011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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