Redox reaction mechanisms with non-triiodide mediators in dye-sensitized solar cells by redox potential calculations

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 3581-3584

  Jono, Ryota ^a   Sumita, Masato ^b,c   Tateyama, Yoshitaka ^b,c   Yamashita, Koichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE SOLUTIONS; COBALT COMPLEXES; CONTINUUM SOLVENTS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; PHOTOANODE; REACTION MECHANISM; REDOX MEDIATORS; REDOX POTENTIALS; REFERENCE ELECTRODES; THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE;

ACETONITRILE; COBALT; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

REDOX REACTIONS;

EID: 84870815841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz301589a     Document Type: Article

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