The role of printing techniques for large-area dye sensitized solar cells

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Mariani, Paolo ^a,b   Vesce, Luigi ^a   Di Carlo, Aldo ^a,b  

^a Dyepower R and D Centre   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

coating techniques; DSSC electrodes; dye sensitized solar cells; large area devices; organic electronics; organic photovoltaics; printing techniques

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; MANUFACTURE; SCREEN PRINTING; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

LARGE AREA DEVICES; LARGE-AREA DEPOSITION; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PRINTING TECHNIQUES; RIGID AND FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES; SCREEN PRINTING TECHNIQUE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84945152476     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: 13616641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/30/10/104003     Document Type: Article

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