Toward Totally Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Titanium Grids and Polymeric Electrolyte

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 498-505

  Gerosa, Matteo ^a,b   Sacco, Adriano ^a   Scalia, Alberto ^b   Bella, Federico ^b   Chiodoni, Angelica ^a   Quaglio, Marzia ^a   Tresso, Elena ^b   Bianco, Stefano ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS); flexible electronics; photovoltaic cells; Polymers

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTES; POLYELECTROLYTES; SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; FLEXIBLE DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; LOW COSTS; METALLIC MESH; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; POLYMERIC ELECTROLYTES; SOLAR MARKETS; TITANIUM GRIDS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84966771382     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2514702     Document Type: Article

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