Effect of thiourea incorporation in the electrolyte on the photovoltaic performance of the DSSC sensitized with pyridyl functionalized porphyrin

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 459-465

  Sharma, G D ^a   Daphnomili, Dimitra ^b   Angaridis, Panagiotis A ^b   Biswas, S ^c   Coutsolelos, A G ^b  

^a JEC Group of Colleges   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c LNM INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

DSCC; Electrochemistry; Pyridine porphyrin

Indexed keywords

DSCC; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ILLUMINATION INTENSITY; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

CHEMISORPTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PORPHYRINS; POSITIVE IONS; PYRIDINE; THIOUREAS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84877643761     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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