Integrating a triplet-triplet annihilation up-conversion system to enhance dye-sensitized solar cell response to sub-bandgap light

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 91, 2014, Pages

  Nattestad, Andrew ^a   Cheng, Yuen Yap ^b   MacQueen, Rowan W ^b   Wallace, Gordon G ^a   Schmidt, Timothy W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Device architecture; Issue 91; Organic electronics; Photovoltaic testing; Physics; Porphyrins; Third generation photovoltaics; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT;

CHEMISTRY; PHOTON; SOLAR ENERGY;

COLORING AGENTS; PHOTONS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84908328957     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52028     Document Type: Article

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