Improving optical absorptivity of natural dyes for fabrication of efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hemmatzadeh, Reza ^a   Mohammadi, Ahmad ^a  

^a PERSIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Betalains; Dye sensitized solar cell; Natural dye; Optical absorption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954537299     PISSN: 22517227     EISSN: 22517235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2251-7235-7-57     Document Type: Article

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