Pore-filled electrolyte membranes for facile fabrication of long-term stable dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 173, Issue , 2015, Pages 425-431

  Seo, Seok Jun ^a,b   Cha, Hyeon Jung ^a   Kang, Yong Soo ^c   Kang, Moon Sung ^a  

^a Sangmyung University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; facile manufacturing process; long term stability; pore filled electrolyte membrane

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DURABILITY; ELECTROLYTES; MANUFACTURE; SOLAR CELLS; STABILITY; SUBSTRATES;

ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS; ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE; HIGH ENERGY CONVERSIONS; LONG TERM STABILITY; LONG-TERM STABILITY TEST; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84929613828     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.05.098     Document Type: Article

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