Combination of asymmetric supercapacitor utilizing activated carbon and nickel oxide with cobalt polypyridyl-based dye-sensitized solar cell

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 143, Issue , 2014, Pages 390-397

  Bagheri, Narjes ^a   Aghaei, Alireza ^a   Ghotbi, Mohammad Yeganeh ^b   Marzbanrad, Ehsan ^a   Vlachopoulos, Nick ^c   Häggman, Leif ^c   Wang, Michael ^c   Boschloo, Gerrit ^c   Hagfeldt, Anders ^c,d,e   Skunik Nuckowska, Magdalena ^f   Kulesza, Pawel J ^f  

^a MATERIALS AND ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

^b MALAYER UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Asymmetric supercapacitor; Cobalt (ii, iii) polypyridyl redox electrolyte; Dye sensitized solar cell; Integrated photocapacitor; Nickel oxide

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC SUPERCAPACITOR; DYE- SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; INTEGRATED PHOTOCAPACITOR; REDOX ELECTROLYTES;

NICKEL OXIDE;

EID: 84908396641     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.07.125     Document Type: Article

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