Layered double hydroxides as an effective additive in polymer gelled electrolyte based dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 17518-17525

  Ho, Hsu Wen ^a   Cheng, Wei Yun ^a   Lo, Yu Chun ^a   Wei, Tzu Chien ^a   Lu, Shih Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cell; electrolyte additive; layered double hydroxide; polymer gelled electrolytes

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GELATION; LIQUIDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; REDOX REACTIONS;

COPRECIPITATION METHOD; ELECTROLYTE ADDITIVES; GELLED ELECTROLYTES; LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES; LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; LONG TERM STABILITY; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-CO-HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84908217833     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am504912d     Document Type: Article

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