Photo-polymerization of acrylic/methacrylic gel-polymer electrolyte membranes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 225, Issue , 2013, Pages 873-879

  Bella, Federico ^a,b   Ozzello, Elena Daniela ^b   Bianco, Stefano ^a   Bongiovanni, Roberta ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crosslink density; Dye sensitized solar cell; Polymer electrolyte; UV curing

Indexed keywords

CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; UV-CURING;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84878912422     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.04.057     Document Type: Article

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