Development of liquid crystal embedded in polymer electrolytes composed of click polymers for dye-sensitized solar cell applications

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-265

  Karim, Md Anwarul ^a   Song, Myungkwan ^a   Park, Jin Su ^a   Kim, Yeol Ho ^a   Lee, Myung Jin ^a   Lee, Jae Wook ^b   Lee, Chan Woo ^c   Cho, Young Rae ^a   Gal, Yeong Soon ^d   Lee, Jun Hee ^b   Jin, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Dong A University   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^d Kyungil University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FLUORENES; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; POLYELECTROLYTES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

POLYMERS;

DYE; ELECTROLYTE; LIQUID CRYSTAL; POLYACRYLONITRILE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77950865343     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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