A new ionic liquid for a redox electrolyte of dye-sensitized solar cells

ETRI Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 647-652

  Kang, Man Gu ^a   Ryu, Kwang Sun ^a   Chang, Soon Ho ^a   Park, Nam Gyu ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

1 vinyl 3 heptylimidazolium iodide; Dye sensitized solar cell; Ionic liquid; Molten salt; Redox electrolyte

Indexed keywords

DYES; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY CONVERSION; ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; REDOX REACTIONS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

1-VINYL 3-HEPTYLIMIDAZOLIUM IODIDE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; IONIC LIQUIDS; MOLTEN SALTS; REDOX ELECTROLYTES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 10844229564     PISSN: 12256463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4218/etrij.04.0103.0152     Document Type: Conference Paper

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