Thickness-controllable textured TiO2 underlayer for a flexible dye-sensitized solar cell sub-module

Materials Research Express

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Lee, Chia Hua ^a   Lu, Ming De ^a   Guan, Qiao Zhi ^a   Tung, Yung Liang ^a   Tsai, Song Yeu ^a   Lin, Fu Ming ^a  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Flexible; Low temperature counter electrode; Titanium foil substrate

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE; TEXTURES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONDUCTING SUBSTRATES; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORTING; FLEXIBLE; FLEXIBLE DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; TITANIUM FOILS; UNDERLAYER THICKNESS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84908257025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20531591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/1/2/025503     Document Type: Article

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