Controlled dissolution of polystyrene nanobeads: Transition from liquid electrolyte to gel electrolyte

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2233-2237

  Lee, Kun Seok ^a   Jun, Yongseok ^b   Park, Jong Hyeok ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; gel electrolyte; high efficiency; long term stability; transition

Indexed keywords

CELL EFFICIENCY; CELL PERFORMANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; GEL ELECTROLYTE; GEL-TYPE; HIGH VISCOSITIES; LIGHT ILLUMINATION; LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; LONG TERM STABILITY; NANOBEADS; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER ADDITIVE; PORE FILLING; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUASI-SOLID STATE; SOLAR SIMULATOR; TIME-RESOLVED; TRANSITION; VOLATILE LIQUIDS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DISSOLUTION; FILLING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; POLYSTYRENES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84861022556     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl204287w     Document Type: Article

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