Efficiency enhancement of dye-sensitized solar cells: Using salt CuI as an additive in an ionic liquid

Chinese Physics Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 555-558

  Chen, Lie Hang ^a,b   Xue, Bo Fei ^b   Liu, Xi Zhe ^b   Li, Ke Xin ^b   Luo, Yan Hong ^b   Meng, Qing Bo ^b   Wang, Rui Lin ^a   Chen, Li Quan ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROLYTES; IONIC LIQUIDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION OF CU; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; DYE- SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; IONIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; POROUS FILM; TIO 2;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34247254906     PISSN: 0256307X     EISSN: 17413540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/24/2/071     Document Type: Article

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