Understanding Mass Transport in Copper Electrolyte-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Velore, Jayadev; Chandra Pradhan, Sourava; Hamann, Thomas W.; Hagfeldt, Anders; Unni, K. N.  Narayanan; Soman, Suraj

doi:10.1021/acsaem.1c04121

Understanding Mass Transport in Copper Electrolyte-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Journal Article · 16 March 2022 · ACS Applied Energy Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c04121· OSTI ID:1978223

Velore, Jayadev ^[1]; Chandra Pradhan, Sourava ^[2]; ^[3]; ^[4]; ^[2]; ^[2]

Photosciences and Photonics Section, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695019, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad 201002, India; OSTI
Photosciences and Photonics Section, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695019, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad 201002, India
Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1322, Michigan, United States
Department of Chemistry−Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, Uppsala SE-75120, Sweden

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Research Organization:: Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0017342

OSTI ID:: 1978223

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Energy Materials, Journal Name: ACS Applied Energy Materials Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 5; ISSN 2574-0962

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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