Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) based quasi-solid electrolyte with binary iodide salt for efficiency enhancement in TiO2 based dye sensitized solar cells

Solid State Ionics

Volumn 265, Issue , 2014, Pages 85-91

  Dissanayake, M A K L ^a,b,d   Jayathissa, R ^b   Seneviratne, V A ^b   Thotawatthage, C A ^a   Senadeera, G K R ^a,c   Mellander, B E ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Efficiency enhancement; Mixed cation effect; PMMA based electrolyte

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; POLYESTERS; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; GEL ELECTROLYTE; IODIDE ION; IODIDE SALTS; MIXED CATIONS; OPTIMIZE EFFICIENCY; SALT COMPOSITION; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84907303693     PISSN: 01672738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssi.2014.07.019     Document Type: Article

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