Iodine-free organic dye sensitized solar cells with in situ polymerized hole transporting material from alkoxy-substituted TriEDOT

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1857-1865

  Cai, Liping ^a   Liu, Xizhe ^a   Wang, Long ^a   Liu, Bin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Electrochemical polymerization; Hole transporting material; Organic dye; Tri EDOT PEDOT

Indexed keywords

DYE SENSITIZERS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENES; HOLE-TRANSPORTING MATERIALS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU POLYMERIZATION; LOW OXIDATION POTENTIAL; ORGANIC DYE; POLYETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SATURATED CALOMEL ELECTRODE; THIN LAYERS; TIO; TRI-EDOT PEDOT; WORKING ELECTRODE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; IODINE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OLIGOMERS; POLYMERIZATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84861457059     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-011-0661-2     Document Type: Article

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