Dye-sensitized solar cells based on electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibre membrane gel electrolyte

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-81

  Dissanayake, M A K L ^a,c   Divarathne, H K D W M N R ^a   Thotawatthage, C A ^a   Dissanayake, C B ^a   Senadeera, G K R ^a,b   Bandara, B M R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrospun nanofibre based gel electrolytes

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTES; LIQUIDS; MEMBRANES; NANOFIBERS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POTASSIUM IODIDE;

DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; GEL ELECTROLYTE; INCIDENT LIGHT INTENSITY; MEMBRANE ELECTROLYTES; N ,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; PLATINUM ELECTRODES; POLYACRYLONITRILE (PAN);

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84897459611     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.02.122     Document Type: Article

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