Nanocarbon counterelectrode for dye sensitized solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Ramasamy, Easwaramoorthi ^a,b   Lee, Won Jae ^a   Lee, Dong Yoon ^a   Song, Jae Sung ^a  

^a Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DYES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODES; GLASS; SOLAR CELLS;

CARBON COUNTERELECTRODE; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL (DSSC); SUN ILLUMINATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 34248579043     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2731495     Document Type: Article

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