Influence of Solvent on Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cell Efficiency: What is so Special About Acetonitrile? The selection of solvent for preparing a working electrode (and to act as the electrolyte) is known to influence the efficiency of dye锕昬nsitized solar ce... H Fang,J Ma,MJ Wilhelm,... ...
(99%, VWR-Prolabo), acetonitrile (99.95%, VWR-Prolabo), nitromethane (95%, Sigma-Aldrich), ethylene glycol (99.9%, VWR-Prolabo), NaNO3 (≥99%, LabKem), NaH2PO4 (≥ 98%, Sigma-Aldrich), NaOH (99%, VWR-Prolabo), HCl (37%, VWR-Prolabo), sodium dodecyl sulfate (≥97%, Fluka...
Conditions of separations: Kinetex column (Phenomenex, 1.7 µm, C18, 100 Å, 2.1 × 150 mm); flow rate 0.3 mL · min−1; a gradient elution with 80% ACN and 0.1% HCOOH (from 0 to 50% acetonitrile); the oven temperature was maintained at 25 ◦C. The effluent was diverted ...