Photomodulated voltammetry of iodide/triiodide redox electrolytes and its relevance to dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 3016-3020

  Boschloo, Gerrit ^a   Gibson, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Hagfeldt, Anders ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy Conversion and Storage

Indexed keywords

BLUE LIGHT; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FLUORINE-DOPED; FORMAL POTENTIAL; IODIDE/TRI-IODIDE; MODULATED PHOTOCURRENT; OXIDATION AND REDUCTION; PHOTOMODULATED VOLTAMMETRY; REDOX ELECTROLYTES; REDOX POTENTIALS; VOLTAMMOGRAMS;

ACETONITRILE; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUORINE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; REDOX REACTIONS; VOLTAMMETRY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84857438754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz2014314     Document Type: Article

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