Tuning the electrochemistry of homoleptic cobalt 4,4'-disubstituted-2,2'- bipyridine redox mediators

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 690-697

  Nolan, Jesse P ^a,b   Jones, Timothy W ^a   Donne, Scott W ^b   Wilson, Gregory J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cobalt bipyridine; Dye sensitized solar cell; Kouteck Levich analysis; Outer sphere redox couple

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CHLORINE; COBALT; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONS; FLUORINE;

BIPYRIDINES; CYCLIC VOLTAMMOGRAMS; ELECTRON-DONATING GROUP; ELECTRONWITHDRAWING; FORMAL POTENTIAL; LEVICH ANALYSIS; OXIDATION KINETICS; REDOX COUPLE;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84884559760     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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