Ion coordinating sensitizer for high efficiency mesoscopic dye-sensitized solar cells: Influence of lithium ions on the photovoltaic performance of liquid and solid-state cells

Nano Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 769-773

  Kuang, Daibin ^a   Klein, Cedric ^a   Snaith, Henry J ^a   Moser, Jacques E ^a   Humphry Baker, Robin ^a   Comte, Pascal ^a   Zakeeruddin, Shaik M ^a   Grätzel, Michael ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LITHIUM BATTERIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DYE MOLECULES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ION COORDINATING SENSITIZER; NONVOLATILE LIQUID ELECTROLYTE;

SOLAR CELLS;

COLORING AGENT; ION; LITHIUM; NANOMATERIAL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IONS; LIGHT; LITHIUM; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TITANIUM;

EID: 33646429786     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl060075m     Document Type: Article

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