Morphology induced light scattering by zinc oxide polydisperse particles: Promising for dye sensitized solar cell application

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Sengupta, D ^a,b   Das, P ^a,b   Kasinadhuni, U ^c   Mondal, B ^a   Mukherjee, K ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

^c BENGAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INCIDENT LIGHT; POLYDISPERSITY; ZINC OXIDE;

DYE UPTAKE; DYE- SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; INCIDENT LIGHT; NANO-SIZE PARTICLES; PHOTO-ANODES; POLYDISPERSE PARTICLES; POLYDISPERSES; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SUBMICRON SIZE PARTICLE; SYNTHESISED;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 85083468492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19417012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4904435     Document Type: Article

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