Enhanced sunlight harvesting of dye-sensitized solar cells assisted with long persistent phosphor materials

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 35, 2013, Pages 17894-17900

  He, Weizhen ^a   Atabaev, Timur Sh ^a   Kim, Hyung Kook ^a   Hwang, Yoon Hwae ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; LIGHT-SCATTERING LAYER; LONG PERSISTENT PHOSPHOR; NANOPARTICLE LAYERS; PHOSPHOR MATERIALS; WORKING ELECTRODE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LIGHT EMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84883717170     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp307954n     Document Type: Article

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