On the addition of conducting ceramic nanoparticles in solvent-free ionic liquid electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1411-1416

  Lee, Chuan Pei ^a   Lee, Kun Mu ^b   Chen, Po Yen ^a   Ho, Kuo Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Binary ionic liquid electrolyte; Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs); Long term stability; Titanium carbide (TiC)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPONENTS; BINARY IONIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTE; BULK ELECTROLYTES; CELL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CELL EFFICIENCY; CELL PERFORMANCE; CERAMIC NANOPARTICLES; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS (DSSCS); ELECTRON TRANSFER; FILL FACTOR; INTERFACIAL RESISTANCES; IONIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; LONG-TERM STABILITY; OPEN-CIRCUIT POTENTIAL; POROUS TIO; SERIES RESISTANCES; SOLVENT FREE; TIO;

ALUMINA; CELL MEMBRANES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); IONIC LIQUIDS; IONS; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLATINUM; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM CARBIDE;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 67349285108     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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