The effect of 4-tert-butylpyridine and Li+ on the thermal degradation of TiO2-bound ruthenium dye N719

Solar Energy

Volumn 88, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-30

  Nguyen, Phuong Tuyet ^a   Hansen, Poul Erik ^a   Lund, Torben ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dye degradation; Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrolytes; N719

Indexed keywords

4-TERT-BUTYLPYRIDINE; ADSORBED LAYERS; COLLOIDAL SOLUTIONS; COMPLEXATION CONSTANTS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DEGRADATION RATE; DYE-DEGRADATION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; HALF LIVES; HIGH THERMAL STABILITY; LIFE-TIMES; N719; N719 DYE; OXIDATION PROCESS; PROTECTION LAYERS; RUTHENIUM DYE; TIO;

DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTS; IONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; RUTHENIUM; SOLAR CELLS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTROLYTES;

ADSORPTION; COMPLEXATION; DEGRADATION; DYE; ELECTROLYTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; RUTHENIUM; SOLAR POWER; SOLVENT; TITANIUM;

EID: 84871481416     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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