Efficient and stable back-illuminated sub-module dye-sensitized solar cells by decorating SiO2 porous layer with TiO2 electrode

RSC Advances

Volumn 3, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 9994-10000

  Lee, Kun Mu ^a   Chen, Chia Yuan ^a   Tsai, Yi Ting ^a   Lin, Ling Chuan ^a   Wu, Chun Guey ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK-ILLUMINATED; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; GOOD STABILITY; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MESOPOROUS LAYERS; PHOTON CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84881461590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3ra41687a     Document Type: Article

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