Electroactive and High Dielectric Folic Acid/PVDF Composite Film Rooted Simplistic Organic Photovoltaic Self-Charging Energy Storage Cell with Superior Energy Density and Storage Capability

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 28, 2017, Pages 24198-24209

  Roy, Swagata ^a   Thakur, Pradip ^a,b   Hoque, Nur Amin ^a   Bagchi, Biswajoy ^a,c   Sepay, Nayim ^a   Khatun, Farha ^a   Kool, Arpan ^a   Das, Sukhen ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Netaji Nagar College for Women   (India)

^c CSIR CENTRAL GLASS AND CERAMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

dielectric relaxation; electroactive PVDF; energy storage; MWS interfacial polarization; self charging photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; ENERGY STORAGE; LIGHT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; POLARIZATION; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THIN FILMS;

ELECTRO ACTIVES; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; INTERFACIAL POLARIZATION; MAXWELL-WAGNER-SILLARS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE) COMPOSITES; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 85024869801     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b05540     Document Type: Article

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