Quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells on plastic substrates

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16366-16374

  Dkhissi, Yasmina ^a   Huang, Fuzhi ^b   Cheng, Yi Bing ^b   Caruso, Rachel A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FILLERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARGE RECOMBINATION PROCESS; FLEXIBLE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELLS; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-CO-HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUASI-SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; TRANSIENT PHOTOCURRENTS; VOLTAMMETRIC MEASUREMENTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84905494859     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp408844q     Document Type: Article

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