The optimisation of dye sensitised solar cell working electrodes for graphene and SWCNTs containing quasi-solid state electrolytes

Solar Energy

Volumn 110, Issue , 2014, Pages 239-246

  Byrne, Owen ^a   Ahmad, Iftikhar ^b   Surolia, Praveen K ^a   Gun'ko, Yurii K ^b,c   Thampi, K Ravindranathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dye sensitised solar cells; Graphene; Photovoltaics; Quasi solid state electrolyte; SWCNT

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; OXIDE MINERALS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUASI-SOLID STATE ELECTROLYTES; SCATTERING LAYER; SWCNT; WORKING ELECTRODE;

SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

CARBON; DYE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; ELECTROLYTE; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84910659203     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.09.018     Document Type: Article

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