Recent progress of counter electrodes in nanocrystalline dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Materials Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 577-582

  Li, Kexin ^a   Yu, Zhexun ^a   Luo, Yanhong ^a   Li, Dongmei ^a   Meng, Qingbo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon; Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cell; Polymer

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; STABILITY;

COUNTER ELECTRODE (CE); DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL (DSC); KINETIC PERFORMANCE; SENSITIZERS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 35348940734     PISSN: 10050302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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