A sol-gel type of electrolyte for a dye-sensitized solar cell: Attenuated total reflectance (ATR) vibrational spectra studies

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 1113-1118

  Lavrencic Stangar U ^a   Orel, B ^a   Neumann, B ^a   Stathatos, E ^b   Lianos, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized photoelectrochemical cell; IR ATR spectra; Sol gel transition; Solid state electrolyte

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; EVAPORATION; GELATION; HYDROLYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

SOL-GELS;

EID: 0037271602     PISSN: 09280707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020767025898     Document Type: Conference Paper

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