Effects of different solvent baths on the performances of dye-sensitized solar cells: Experimental and theoretical investigation

Organic Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2240-2249

  Chen, Ximing ^a   Jia, Chunyang ^a   Wan, Zhongquan ^a   Feng, Juan ^a   Yao, Xiaojun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Density functional theory (DFT); Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs); Photovoltaic performance; Solvent effects

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COMPUTATION THEORY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MOLECULES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION STRUCTURES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENT EFFECTS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84904297963     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.06.026     Document Type: Article

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