Trialkylsulfonium and tetraalkylammonium cations-based ionic liquid electrolytes for quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 303-308

  Lee, Chuan Pei ^a   Peng, Jia De ^a   Velayutham, D ^b   Chang, Jeffrey ^a   Chen, Ping Wei ^a   Suryanarayanan, V ^b   Ho, Kuo Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Ionic liquid; Long term durability

Indexed keywords

BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHANE SULFONYL)IMIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; IONIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; LONG-TERM DURABILITIES; QUASI-SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

DURABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; POSITIVE IONS; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROSCOPY;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 84887349696     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.09.087     Document Type: Article

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