Highly stable gel-state dye-sensitized solar cells based on high soluble polyvinyl acetate

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 205-208

  Wang, Liang ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a   Wang, Chaolei ^a   Ma, Tingli ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Gel state electrolyte; High solubility; Highly stable; Polyvinyl acetate

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; HIGH SOLUBILITY; HIGHLY STABLES; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; POLYVINYL ACETATES (PVAC); SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES;

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROLYTES; LIQUIDS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

POLYVINYL ACETATES;

EID: 84884213875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc300153b     Document Type: Article

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