Optimization of a quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell employing a nanocrystal-polymer composite electrolyte modified with water and ethanol

Nanotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Yang, Ying ^a   Zhou, Cong Hua ^a   Xu, Sheng ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Wu, Su Juan ^a   Hu, Hao ^a   Chen, Bo Lei ^a   Tai, Qi Dong ^a   Sun, Zheng Hua ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Zhao, Xing Zhong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE CONCENTRATIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; GEL ELECTROLYTES; HIGH ENERGIES; IMPEDANCE SPECTRUM; ION TRANSPORTATIONS; NANOCRYSTAL-POLYMER COMPOSITES; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); POLYETHYLENEOXIDE; QUASI-SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY CONVERSION; ETHANOL; ETHYLENE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GELATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

ELECTROLYSIS;

ALCOHOL; DYE; ELECTROLYTE; MACROGOL; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); POLYMER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; COLORING AGENT; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS LINKING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY; GEL; IMPEDANCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANODEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID STATE; VISCOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COLORING AGENTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROLYTES; ETHANOL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYVINYLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 65449148348     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/10/105204     Document Type: Article

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