Advances in nanostructured thin film materials for solar cell applications

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 726-737

  Ali, N ^a,f   Hussain, A ^a,b   Ahmed, R ^a   Wang, M K ^c   Zhao, C ^d   Haq, B Ul ^a,e   Fu, Y Q ^d  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Mardan Campus   (Pakistan)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^f Department of Physics   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized; Nanostructured; Perovskite materials; Solar cell; Thin films

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MANUFACTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIN FILMS; TIN COMPOUNDS; ZINC SULFIDE;

DYE SENSITIZED; DYE- SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; MANUFACTURING COST; MATERIALS FOR SOLAR CELLS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; PEROVSKITE MATERIAL; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; THIN FILM MATERIAL; THIN-FILMS;

PEROVSKITE;

EID: 84959309174     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.268     Document Type: Review

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