New trends for solar cell development and recent
progress of dye sensitized solar cells

doi:10.1007/s11706-009-0060-x

Front. Mater. Sci.

2009, Vol. 3

Issue (4) : 345-352 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-009-0060-x

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New trends for solar cell development and recent progress of dye sensitized solar cells

Hong LIN¹,Wen-li WANG¹,Yi-zhu LIU¹,Xin LI¹,Jian-bao LI¹, ²,

1.State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; 2.2010-01-14 14:55:33;

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Abstract This article reviews the new concepts and new trends of solar cell development. To increase the photoelectric conversion efficiency, reduce the cost, and for application in a much broader field, thin film solar cell, flexible solar cell, and tandem solar cell have become important subjects to be studied. As the representative of the solar cells of the third generation, the progress and challenges of dye sensitized solar cell was also reviewed.

Keywords solar cell thin film solar cell flexible solar cell tandem solar cell dye sensitized solar cell

Issue Date: 05 December 2009

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Hong LIN,Yi-zhu LIU,Jian-bao LI, et al. New trends for solar cell development and recent progress of dye sensitized solar cells[J]. Front. Mater. Sci., 2009, 3(4): 345-352.

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