Solid state metal-free eosin-Y dye sensitized solar cell based on PVdF-HFP electrolytes: combined effect of surface modified TiO2 and plasticizer on electrochemical and photovoltaic properties

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2465-2479

  Prabakaran, K ^a   Mohanty, S ^a   Nayak, S K ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PLASTICS ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

EIS; Plasticizer; Polymer nanocomposites; PVdF HFP

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYES; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; FILLERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASTICIZERS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; PROPYLENE; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINOPROPYLTRIMETHOXYSILANE; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS (DMA); EIS; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; PVDF-HFP; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84938996770     PISSN: 14328488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10008-015-2883-y     Document Type: Article

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