Influence of 4-tert-butylpyridine in DSCs with CoII/III redox mediator

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 30, 2013, Pages 15515-15522

  Koh, Teck Ming ^a,d   Nonomura, Kazuteru ^a,b   Mathews, Nripan ^a,c   Hagfeldt, Anders ^e   Grätzel, Michael ^f   Mhaisalkar, Subodh G ^a,b,d   Grimsdale, Andrew C ^d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Singapore Berkeley Research Initiative for Sustainable Energy (SinBeRISE)   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4-TERT-BUTYLPYRIDINE; CO(BPY); CONDUCTION BAND LEVELS; IODIDE/TRI-IODIDE; NEGATIVE SHIFT; OPEN-CIRCUIT POTENTIAL; REDOX ELECTROLYTES; REDOX MEDIATORS;

COBALT; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; VISCOSITY;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84881229158     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp403918q     Document Type: Article

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