Review on the development of natural dye photosensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cells

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue , 2014, Pages 386-396

  Ludin, Norasikin A ^a   Al Alwani Mahmoud, A M ^a,b   Bakar Mohamad, Abu ^a   Kadhum, Abd Amir H ^a   Sopian, Kamaruzzaman ^a   Abdul Karim, Nor Shazlinah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Natural dye; Photosensitizers; Stability

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES; NATURAL DYE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PLANT COMPONENTS; POROUS SEMICONDUCTORS;

CARBOXYLATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84891877756     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.12.001     Document Type: Review

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