Electrochemical characterization and photovoltaic performance of the binary ionic liquid electrolyte of 1-methyl-3-propylimidazolium iodide and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 212, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 147-152

  Cheng, Ping ^a   Wang, Wanjun ^a   Lan, Tian ^a   Chen, Ruihao ^a   Wang, Junfei ^a   Yu, Jianong ^a   Wu, Haixia ^a   Yang, Haijun ^a   Deng, Changsheng ^b   Guo, Shouwu ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Charge transfer resistance; Diffusion coefficient; Dye sensitized solar cell; Ionic liquid electrolyte; Photovoltaic performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952877621     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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