Performance of a new polymer electrolyte incorporated with diphenylamine in nanocrystalline dye-sensitized solar cell

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1718-1722

  Ganesan, S ^a   Muthuraaman, B ^a   Mathew, Vinod ^a   Madhavan, J ^a   Maruthamuthu, P ^a   Austin Suthanthiraraj, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Polyethylene oxide diphenyl amine; Solid polymer electrolyte

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY CONVERSION; ETHYLENE; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

COMPOSITE POLYMER ELECTROLYTES; DIPHENYL AMINES; ELECTRON DONICITY; NANO-CRYSTALLINE TIO; POLY (ETHYLENE OXIDE) (PEO); POLYMER ELECTROLYTE; SIMULATED SUNLIGHT; SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTES;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

EID: 55349100854     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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