A New Design Paradigm for Smart Windows: Photocurable Polymers for Quasi-Solid Photoelectrochromic Devices with Excellent Long-Term Stability under Real Outdoor Operating Conditions

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1127-1137

  Bella, Federico ^a   Leftheriotis, George ^b   Griffini, Gianmarco ^c   Syrrokostas, George ^b   Turri, Stefano ^c   Grätzel, Michael ^d   Gerbaldi, Claudio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; fluoropolymers; photoelectrochromic; photopolymerization; stability

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICES; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; PLASTIC COATINGS; POTENTIOMETRIC SENSORS; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; STABILITY;

ENERGY-SAVING BUILDINGS; FLUORINATED COATING; LONG TERM STABILITY; PERFORMANCE STABILITY; PHOTOCURABLE POLYMERS; PHOTOELECTROCHROMIC; PHOTOELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; SOLUTION PROCESSABLE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84961341420     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201503762     Document Type: Article

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