Toward quasi-solid state Dye-sensitized Solar Cells: Effect of γ-Al2O3 nanoparticle dispersion into liquid electrolyte

Solar Energy

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-134

  Sacco, Adriano ^a   Lamberti, Andrea ^a,b   Gerosa, Matteo ^a,b   Bisio, Chiara ^c,d   Gatti, Giorgio ^c   Carniato, Fabio ^c   Shahzad, Nadia ^a,b   Chiodoni, Angelica ^a   Tresso, Elena ^a,b   Marchese, Leonardo ^c  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized Solar Cell; Quasi solid state electrolyte; Stability; Al2O3 nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROLYTES; LIQUIDS; NANOPARTICLES; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION; EXTENDED STABILITIES; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; NANO-PARTICLE DISPERSIONS; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; QUASI-SOLID STATE ELECTROLYTES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; DISPERSION; DYE; ELECTROKINESIS; ELECTROLYTE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84918496371     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.10.034     Document Type: Article

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