The effect of electrolyte filling method on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 677-680, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-49

  Miettunen, Kati ^a,b   Barnes, Piers R F ^a   Li, Xiaoe ^a   Law, Chunhung ^a   O'Regan, Brian C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conduction band; Dye sensitized; Electrolyte filling; Spatial distribution; Up scaling

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CONDUCTION BANDS; FILLING; HOLE CONCENTRATION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POWER QUALITY; PUMPS; SOLAR CELLS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

4-TERT-BUTYLPYRIDINE; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CELL PREPARATION; CHARGE EXTRACTION; CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; CONDUCTION BAND ENERGY; DENSITY OF TRAP STATE; DYE SENSITIZED; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROLYTE ADDITIVES; FILLING HOLES; FILLING METHODS; LABORATORY CELLS; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; SEGMENTED CELL; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TIME-CORRELATED SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING; TIO; UPSCALING;

ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84861946712     PISSN: 15726657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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