Highly efficient smart photovoltachromic devices with tailored electrolyte composition

Energy and Environmental Science

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2567-2574

  Cannavale, Alessandro ^a   Manca, Michele ^a   Malara, Francesco ^b   De Marco, Luisa ^a   Cingolani, Roberto ^a   Gigli, Giuseppe ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFUNCTIONAL; BUILDING INTEGRATION; C-SHAPED; COLORATION EFFICIENCIES; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS; INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES; IODIDE CONTENT; IODINE CONCENTRATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE; TUNGSTEN OXIDE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTES; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; IODINE; OPACITY; PLATINUM; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOLAR ENERGY; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

COLOR; DYE; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYTE; IODINE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; TRANSMITTANCE;

EID: 79959822414     PISSN: 17545692     EISSN: 17545706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1ee01231b     Document Type: Article

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