A stable quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell with an amphiphilic ruthenium sensitizer and polymer gel electrolyte

Nature Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 402-407

  Wang, Peng ^a   Zakeeruddin, Shaik M ^a   Moser, Jacques E ^a   Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K ^a   Sekiguchi, Takashi ^b   Grätzel, Michael ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b HITACHI MAXELL LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYES; GELS; HEATING; POLYELECTROLYTES; RUTHENIUM; TEXTURES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

NANOCRYSTALINE SOLAR CELLS; ULTRAMICROELECTRODE VOLTAMMETRIC MEASUREMENT;

SOLAR CELLS;

COLORING AGENT; POLYMER; RUTHENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEL; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POWER SUPPLY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GELS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERS; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0043210942     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat904     Document Type: Article

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