Enhanced dye sensitized solar cell performance with high surface area thin ZnO film and PEDOT: PSS

Solar Energy

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 126-133

  Susmitha, K ^a   Naresh Kumar, M ^b   Rajkumar, G ^b   Giribabu, L ^c   Raghavender, M ^a  

^a YOGI VEMANA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Aron Universal Ltd   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

DSSC; PEDOT:PSS; Stability studies; TiCl4< inf> treatment; ZnO film

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; FABRICATION; METALLIC FILMS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PLATINUM; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; DSSC; ELECTRON COLLECTIONS; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PEDOT:PSS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; STABILITY STUDY; ZNO FILMS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

ALKENE; CHLORIDE; CRYSTALLINITY; DYE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; FUEL CELL; OXIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLATINUM;

EID: 84930675485     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.03.054     Document Type: Article

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