Enhanced open-circuit photopotential in quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells based on polymer redox electrolytes filled with anodic titania nanotubes

Advanced Energy Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 569-572

  Stergiopoulos, Thomas ^a   Rozi, Evangelia ^a   Hahn, Robert ^b   Schmuki, Patrik ^b   Falaras, Polycarpos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODIC TITANIA; COMPOSITE POLYMER ELECTROLYTES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANODIZATIONS; PHOTOPOTENTIAL; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUASI-SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; REDOX ELECTROLYTES; TIO; TITANIA NANOTUBES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTES; FILLED POLYMERS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 84863711227     PISSN: 16146832     EISSN: 16146840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201100168     Document Type: Article

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