Electron transport analysis in zinc oxide-based dye-sensitized solar cells: A review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue , 2014, Pages 149-157

  Omar, Azimah ^a   Abdullah, Huda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Electron transport; Impedance; Nanostructures; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOFLOWERS; NANOSHEETS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; YARN; ZINC OXIDE;

CHEMICAL CAPACITANCE; CHEMICAL DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PARAMETERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRANSPORT RESISTANCE; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO) NANOSTRUCTURES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84890519516     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.11.031     Document Type: Review

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