RF sputtered tri-functional antireflective TiO2 (arc-TiO 2) compact layer for performance enhancement in dye-sensitised solar cell

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 1 PART A, 2014, Pages 967-974

  Abdullah, M H ^a   Rusop, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Compact layer; Dye sensitised solar cell; Recombination; Sensitisation effect

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COMPACT LAYER; ELECTRICAL CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE DECAYS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; RECOMBINATION; SENSITISATION;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84887621063     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.06.093     Document Type: Article

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