Effect of the thickness of the Pt film coated on a counter electrode on the performance of a dye-sensitized solar cell

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 570, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 257-263

  Fang, Xiaoming ^a,b   Ma, Tingli ^a   Guan, Guoqing ^a   Akiyama, Morito ^a   Kida, Tetsya ^a   Abe, Eiichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cell; Performance; Pt film thickness; Sheet and charge transfer resistance

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; COSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PLATINUM; REDOX REACTIONS; SOLAR ENERGY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; PT FILM THICKNESS; SHEET AND CHARGE-TRANSFER RESISTANCE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 3342909681     PISSN: 15726657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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