Size and concentration effects of gold nanoparticles on optical and electrical properties of plasmonic dye sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-23

  Chander, Nikhil ^a   Khan, A F ^a,b   Thouti, Eshwar ^a   Sardana, Sanjay K ^a   Chandrasekhar, P S ^a   Dutta, Viresh ^a   Komarala, Vamsi K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Government of India   (India)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Gold nanoparticles; Optical properties; Plasmonics

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

APPARENT EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; CONCENTRATION EFFECTS; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GOLD NANOPARTICLES (GNPS); OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONICS; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

COMPOSITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DYE; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; GOLD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; TITANIUM; SIZE STRUCTURE;

EID: 84906737619     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.08.011     Document Type: Article

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