Catalytic materials manufactured by the polyol process for monolithic dye-sensitized solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-73

  Skupien, Krzysztof ^a   Putyra, Piotr ^a   Walter, Janusz ^a   Kozłowski, Ryszard H ^a   Khelashvili, Guram ^b,c   Hinsch, Andreas ^d   Würfel, Uli ^e  

^a CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Counterelectrode; Dye sensitized; Impedance spectroscopy; Monolithic; Polyol process; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON BLACK; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ION EXCHANGE; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS TRANSFER; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLATINUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BOTTOM-UP; CATALYTIC LAYERS; CATALYTIC MATERIALS; CONDUCTIVE CARBONS; CONDUCTIVE PROPERTIES; COUNTERELECTRODE; DYE SOLAR CELLS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCES; ELECTROLESS; ENERGY FILTERS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; GLASS FRITS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROSCOPIES; LOW COSTS; MONOLITHIC; POLYOL PROCESS; POROUS CARBONS; TRANSFER RESISTANCES;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 58249112741     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.854     Document Type: Article

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