Ionic liquid crystal-based electrolyte with enhanced charge transport for dye-sensitized solar cells

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1463-1469

  Pan, Xu ^a   Wang, Meng ^a   Fang, Xiaqing ^a   Zhang, Changneng ^a   Huo, Zhipeng ^a   Dai, Songyuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; electrolyte; exchange reaction; ionic liquid crystal; smectic A phase

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; EXCHANGE REACTION; PHOTO-ELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ROOM TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUIDS; SMECTIC A PHASE; STEADY-STATE VOLTAMMOGRAMS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DIFFUSION; ELECTROLYTES; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84885674429     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-013-4904-y     Document Type: Article

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