Performance enhancement of dye-sensitized solar cells by incorporating graphene sheets of various sizes

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 314, Issue , 2014, Pages 638-641

  Satapathi, Soumitra ^a   Gill, Hardeep Singh ^a   Das, Sriya ^b   Li, Lian ^c   Samuelson, Lynne ^c   Green, Micah J ^b   Kumar, Jayant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b Texas Tech University   (United States)

^c DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Dye Loading; Graphene; Porosity

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GRAPHENE; POROSITY; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CELL PERFORMANCE; DYE ADSORPTION; DYE LOADING; GRAPHENE SHEETS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PHOTO-ANODES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84906691721     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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