Effect of different compositions of ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate containing iodide/triiodide redox electrolyte on the photovoltaic performance of DSSC

Ionics

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1649-1653

  Subramania, A ^a   Vijayakumar, E ^a   Sivasankar, N ^a   Sathiya Priya, A R ^b   Kim, Kang Jin ^b  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Photovoltaic performance; Redox electrolyte; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; REDOX ELECTROLYTES; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ETHYLENE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84885609712     PISSN: 09477047     EISSN: 18620760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11581-013-0892-3     Document Type: Article

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