A supercooled imidazolium iodide ionic liquid as a low-viscosity electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cells

Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 10407-10409

  Fei, Zhaofu ^a   Kuang, Daibin ^a   Zhao, Dongbin ^a   Klein, Cedric ^a   Wee, Han Ang ^a   Zakeeruddin, Shaik M ^a   Grätzel, Michael ^a   Dyson, Paul J ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 33846549350     PISSN: 00201669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ic061232n     Document Type: Article

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