Ionic liquid electrolyte based on S-propyltetrahydrothiophenium iodide for dye-sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 373-378

  Guo, Lei ^a   Pan, Xu ^a   Zhang, Changneng ^a   Liu, Weiqing ^a   Wang, Meng ^a   Fang, Xiaqin ^a   Dai, Songyuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrolyte; Ionic liquid; Sulfonium

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; FILL FACTOR; IODIDE ION; IONIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REDOX COUPLE; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; ION SOURCES; IONIC LIQUIDS; IONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

ELECTROLYTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; SOLVENT;

EID: 76949102723     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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