Improvement of thiolate/disulfide mediated dye-sensitized solar cells through supramolecular lithium cation assembling of crown ether

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liu, Linfeng ^a   Li, Xiong ^a,b   Chen, Jiangzhao ^a   Rong, Yaoguang ^a   Ku, Zhiliang ^a   Han, Hongwei ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; COLORING AGENT; CROWN ETHER; DISULFIDE; LITHIUM; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR ENERGY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; RADIATION RESPONSE;

CATIONS; COLORING AGENTS; CROWN ETHERS; DISULFIDES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LITHIUM; SOLAR ENERGY; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84882632252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02413     Document Type: Article

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