Polymer electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells prepared by photopolymerization of PEG-based oligomers

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3036-3045

  Bella, Federico ^a,b   Ozzello, Elena Daniela ^b   Sacco, Adriano ^a   Bianco, Stefano ^a   Bongiovanni, Roberta ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crosslinking density; Dye sensitized solar cell; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Polymer electrolyte; UV curing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895061919     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.06.110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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