Characterization of photovoltaic devices for indoor light harvesting and customization of flexible dye solar cells to deliver superior efficiency under artificial lighting

Applied Energy

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 413-422

  De Rossi, Francesca ^a   Pontecorvo, Tadeo ^b   Brown, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Dye sensitized solar cells; Energy harvesting; Indoor measurements; Light harvesting; Polycrystalline silicon

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY HARVESTING; LIGHTING; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POLYSILICON; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING; COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP; EFFECTIVE ENERGY; INDOOR CONDITIONS; INDOOR MEASUREMENT; LED ILLUMINATION; LIGHT-HARVESTING; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

AMBIENT AIR; AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; DYE; ELECTROLYTE; FUEL CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SILICON;

EID: 84937892136     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.07.031     Document Type: Article

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