Hydroxypropyl Cellulose Based Non-Volatile Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications using 1-methyl-3-propylimidazolium iodide ionic liquid

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Khanmirzaei, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Ramesh, S ^a   Ramesh, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 84949656221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep18056     Document Type: Article

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