Free-standing polypyrrole films as substrate-free and Pt-free counter electrodes for quasi-solid dye-sensitized solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3032-3039

  Veerender, P ^a   Saxena, Vibha ^a   Jha, P ^a   Koiry, S P ^a   Gusain, Abhay ^a   Samanta, S ^a   Chauhan, A K ^a   Aswal, D K ^a   Gupta, S K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

DSSC; Free standing polypyrrole; Pt free counter electrodes; TCO free counter electrodes

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYPYRROLES; SOLAR CELLS;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; DSSC; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; GEL POLYMER ELECTROLYTES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; LARGE SURFACE AREA; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; UNIQUE MORPHOLOGIES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84867237482     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.08.039     Document Type: Article

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