Comparative studies of pyridine and bipyridine ruthenium dye complexes with different side groups as sensitizers in sol-gel quasi-solid-state dye sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 160, Issue , 2015, Pages 227-234

  Sygkridou, D ^a,b   Sahin, C ^c   Varlikli, C ^d   Stathatos, E ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WESTERN GREECE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Hybrid organic inorganic materials; Quasi solid state electrolyte; Ruthenium(II) complexes

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRONS; HYBRID MATERIALS; LIGANDS; MOLECULES; PYRIDINE; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOL-GELS; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

CHARGE-TRANSFER SENSITIZERS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; HYBRID ORGANIC-INORGANIC MATERIALS; QUASI-SOLID STATE ELECTROLYTES; QUASI-SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES; STANDARD CONDITIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84922939412     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.01.195     Document Type: Article

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