Water-based thixotropic polymer gel electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 4050-4056

  Park, Se Jeong ^a,b   Yoo, Kichoen ^a,c   Kim, Jae Yup ^a   Kim, Jin Young ^a,b   Lee, Doh Kwon ^a   Kim, Bongsoo ^a,b   Kim, Honggon ^a,b   Kim, Jong Hak ^c   Cho, Jinhan ^b   Ko, Min Jae ^a,b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cell; polymer gel electrolyte; thixotropic; water based electrolyte; xanthan gum

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY CURVES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; POLYMER GEL ELECTROLYTES; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES; THIXOTROPIC; WATER BASED;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIFFUSION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMERS; REDOX REACTIONS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; XANTHAN GUM;

ELECTROLYTES;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; COLORING AGENT; ELECTROLYTE; POLYMER; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER; XANTHAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; GEL; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY;

COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; GELS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM; WATER;

EID: 84878267259     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn4001269     Document Type: Article

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