Influence of dye adsorption solvent on the performance of a mesoporous TiO2 dye-sensitized solar cell using infrared organic dye

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 0211011-0211017

  Ono, Takahiko ^a   Yamaguchi, Takeshi ^a   Arakawa, Hironori ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dye adsorption solvent; Dye sensitized solar cell; Infrared organic dye

Indexed keywords

1-BUTANOL; 2-PROPANOL; ADSORBED AMOUNT; AGGREGATE STATE; CRITICAL FACTORS; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DYE ADSORPTION; DYE ADSORPTION SOLVENT; DYE AGGREGATES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON LOSS; INFRARED DYE; LINEARLY PROPORTIONAL; MESOPOROUS TIO; MONOMER STATE; ORGANIC DYE; PHOTOELECTRODE; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; SIDE REACTIONS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SOLVATION STATE; SOLVENT INFLUENCE; SOLVENT SELECTION; T-BUTANOL; TIO; VOLUME RATIO;

ADSORPTION; AGGREGATES; ETHANOL; PERMITTIVITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 77955216378     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001171     Document Type: Article

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