A polyfluoroalkyl imidazolium ionic liquid as iodide ion source in dye sensitized solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2474-2478

  Abate, Antonio ^a,c   Petrozza, Annamaria ^b   Roiati, Vittoria ^a,b   Guarnera, Simone ^a,b   Snaith, Henry ^c   Matteucci, Francesco ^d   Lanzani, Guglielmo ^a,b   Metrangolo, Pierangelo ^a,b   Resnati, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CNST IITatPOLIMI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d TRE SpA Tozzi Renewable Energy   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Fluorinated imidazolium iodide; Fluorous; Ionic liquid

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTES; ION SOURCES; IONIC LIQUIDS; SOLAR CELLS;

DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DYE REGENERATION; FLUORINATED IMIDAZOLIUM IODIDES; FLUOROUS; IMIDAZOLIUM IONIC LIQUIDS; IODIDE ION; SOLVENT BASED;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84865049927     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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