Recent advances in dye sensitized solar cells

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mehmood, Umer ^a   Rahman, Saleem Ur ^a   Harrabi, Khalil ^a   Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A ^a   Reddy, B V S ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN;

CATALYTIC ELECTRODES; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRICAL CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; MANUFACTURING COST; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84900027944     PISSN: 16878434     EISSN: 16878442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/974782     Document Type: Review

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