Dye-sensitized solar cells with natural dyes extracted from rose petals

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3394-3402

  Gokilamani, N ^a   Muthukumarasamy, N ^a   Thambidurai, M ^b   Ranjitha, A ^a   Velauthapillai, Dhayalan ^c   Senthil, T S ^d   Balasundaraprabhu, R ^e  

^a Department of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning   (India)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^d Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^e PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS; ANTHOCYANIN PIGMENT; CARBOXYLIC GROUP; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; NANO-CRYSTALLINE TIO; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84882627209     PISSN: 09574522     EISSN: 1573482X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10854-013-1261-8     Document Type: Article

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