Plasmon enhanced light trapping to improve efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cell

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2624-2629

  Tripathi, Brijesh ^a   Yadav, Pankaj ^a   Kumar, Manoj ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Indrajit ^a  

^a PANDIT DEENDAYAL PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticles; Dye sensitized solar cell; FTO glass; Light trapping; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894142102     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: 15334899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2014.8528     Document Type: Article

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