High temperature stability of dye solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-50

  Jiang, Nancy ^a   Sumitomo, Taro ^a   Lee, Timothy ^a   Pellaroque, Alba ^a   Bellon, Olivier ^a   Milliken, Damion ^a   Desilvestro, Hans ^a  

^a Dyesol Limited Company   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerated testing; Dye solar cells; Electrolyte bleaching; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED TESTING; DYE SOLAR CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE STABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE STORAGE; HIGH TEMPERATURE STRESS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE AGEING; RATE DETERMINING STEP;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BLEACHING; CLEANING; DEGRADATION; ELECTROLYTES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84884907446     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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