A solar cell sensitized with three different dyes

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-98

  Perera, V P S ^a,b   Pitigala, P K D D P ^a   Senevirathne, M K I ^a   Tennakone, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Acridine yellow; Dye sensitization; Electron tunneling; Fast Green; Rhodamine 6G; Solar cells; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; DYES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACRIDINE YELLOW; DYE-SENSITIZATION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FAST GREEN; RHODAMINE 6G;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 9444220261     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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