Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) hole-transporting material generated by photoelectrochemical polymerization in aqueous and organic medium for all-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16591-16601

  Zhang, Jinbao ^a   Yang, Lei ^a   Shen, Yang ^a   Park, Byung Wook ^a   Hao, Yan ^a   Johansson, Erik M J ^a   Boschloo, Gerrit ^a   Kloo, Lars ^b   Gabrielsson, Erik ^b   Sun, Licheng ^b   Jarboui, Adel ^c   Perruchot, Christian ^c   Jouini, Mohamed ^c   Vlachopoulos, Nick ^a   Hagfeldt, Anders ^a,c,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HOLE-TRANSPORTING MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOINDUCED ABSORPTION; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; POLYMERIZATION PROCESS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84905497701     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412504s     Document Type: Article

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