Application of LiBOB-based liquid electrolyte in co-sensitized solar cell

Optical Materials

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 151-158

  Jun, H K ^a   Buraidah, M H ^a   Noor, M M ^a,b   Kufian, M Z ^a   Majid, S R ^a   Sahraoui, B ^c   Arof, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; LiBOB; Liquid electrolyte; Quantum dot sensitized solar cell

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY GAP; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIQUIDS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; METAL COMPLEXES; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYELECTROLYTES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTROLYTE SYSTEMS; LIBOB; LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; STABILITY ISSUES; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84886312791     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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