Impedance spectroscopic analysis of high-performance dye sensitized solar cells based on nano-clay electrolytes

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 197, Issue , 2016, Pages 77-83

  González Pedro, Victoria ^a,b   Sakurai, Hideki ^c   Tomita, Mitsuru ^c   Ito, Bruno Ieiri ^c   Fabregat Santiago, Francisco ^a   Uchida, Satoshi ^d   Segawa, Hiroshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

impedance; nano clay electrolytes; sensitized solar cells; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

CONDUCTION BAND ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTROLYTE ADDITIVES; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; NANO CLAYS; QUASI-SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84962591763     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.03.026     Document Type: Article

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