Preparation of functionalized and non-functionalized fullerene thin films on ITO glasses and the application to a counter electrode in a dye-sensitized solar cell

Carbon

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 880-887

  Hino, Tetsuo ^a   Ogawa, Yasuo ^a   Kuramoto, Noriyuki ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrodes; Fullerene; Functional groups; Photoconductivity

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC ANALYSIS; FULLERENES; MICELLES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS;

ELECTROLYTIC MICELLE DISRUPTION METHOD; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFICIENCIES; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 30344458471     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.10.027     Document Type: Article

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