Novel electrode and electrolyte membranes: Towards flexible dye-sensitized solar cell combining vertically aligned TiO2 nanotube array and light-cured polymer network

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 470, Issue , 2014, Pages 125-131

  Bella, Federico ^a,b   Lamberti, Andrea ^b   Sacco, Adriano ^a   Bianco, Stefano ^a   Chiodoni, Angelica ^a   Bongiovanni, Roberta ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Flexible; Membrane; Polymer electrolyte

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTUBES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; FLEXIBLE; FLEXIBLE DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; SELF-STANDING MEMBRANES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTROLYTE; NANOTUBE; POLYMER; TIN OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; LIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84905388007     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.07.020     Document Type: Article

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