Large-area electrodeposition of counterelectrodes utilizing the same integrated conductive grid for fabrication of parallel flexible dye solar cell modules

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1552-1559

  De Rossi, Francesca ^a   Brown, Thomas M ^a   Reale, Andrea ^a   Di Carlo, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dye solar cells (DSCs); electrodeposition (ED); parallel configuration; photovoltaic modules

Indexed keywords

COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE SOLAR CELLS; PARALLEL CONFIGURATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES;

EID: 84908224948     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2354255     Document Type: Article

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