Effect of TiO2 nanoparticle-accumulated bilayer photoelectrode and condenser lens-assisted solar concentrator on light harvesting in dye-sensitized solar cells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Moon, Kook Joo ^a   Lee, Sun Woo ^a   Lee, Yong Hun ^a   Kim, Ji Hoon ^a   Ahn, Ji Young ^a   Lee, Seung Jun ^a   Lee, Deug Woo ^a   Kim, Soo Hyung ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Focal length; Light scattering layer; Plano convex lens; Solar concentrator

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOPARTICLES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

FOCAL LENGTHS; LIGHT CONCENTRATION; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LIGHT-SCATTERING LAYER; NANOPARTICLE (NPS); PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PLANO-CONVEX LENS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84881233710     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-283     Document Type: Article

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