Working principles of solar and other energy conversion cells

Nanomaterials and Energy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-10

  Liu, Fude ^a   Wang, Wentao ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Yang, Guandong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Battery; Energy conversion; Fuel cell; Photoelectrochemical cell; Photovoltaics; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ENERGY CONVERSION; FUEL CELLS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

BATTERY; CHARGE CARRIER GENERATION; CLEAN ENERGY; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; THERMOELECTRIC;

THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 85077776238     PISSN: 20459831     EISSN: 2045984X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/nme.12.00024     Document Type: Review

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