Performance enhancement for high performance dye-sensitized solar cells via using pyridinyl-functionalized ionic liquid type additive

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-186

  Xu, Dan ^a   Chen, Xiaojian ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Qiu, Lihua ^a   Zhang, Haigang ^a   Yan, Feng ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Additive; Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrolyte; Ionic liquid; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTES; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIQUIDS; SOLAR CELLS;

FUNCTIONALIZED IONIC LIQUIDS; IMIDAZOLIUM; LONG TERM STABILITY; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANIC ADDITIVES; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; SOLAR SPECTRUM;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84879197940     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.05.091     Document Type: Article

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