Design and development of an integrated device consisting of an independent solar cell with electrical storage capacity

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1153-1157

  Mini, Pothanad A ^a   Nair, Shantikumar V ^a   Subramanian, Kavasseri R V ^a  

^a AMRITA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

capacitor; dye sensitized solar cell; integrated device; nanotubes; storage; thin film

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMBINATION DEVICES; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRO-CHEMICAL ANODIZATION; HIGH SURFACE AREA; INTEGRATED DEVICE; PHOTOVOLTAIC LAYERS;

CAPACITORS; ENERGY STORAGE; NANOTUBES; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; THIN FILMS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84881256290     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2187     Document Type: Article

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