Efficient monolithic solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell with a low-cost mesoscopic carbon based screen printable counter electrode

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 628-634

  Xu, Mi ^a   Liu, Guanghui ^a   Li, Xiong ^a   Wang, Heng ^a   Rong, Yaoguang ^a   Ku, Zhiliang ^a   Hu, Min ^a   Yang, Ying ^a   Liu, Linfeng ^a   Liu, Tongfa ^a   Chen, Jiangzhao ^a   Han, Hongwei ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Electron lifetime; Mesoscopic counter electrode; Organic semiconductor; Screen printable; Solid state solar cell

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHARGE TRANSFER; DYES; ELECTRODES; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; ELECTRON LIFETIME; HOLE-TRANSPORTING MATERIALS; INTENSITY MODULATED PHOTOVOLTAGE SPECTROSCOPIES (IMVS); SOLID STATE SOLAR CELLS; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; THICKNESS OF INSULATING LAYERS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84872167904     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.12.015     Document Type: Article

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