Effect of thickness on structural, electrical, and electrochemical properties of platinum/titanium bilayer counterelectrode

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Zhou, Conghua ^a   Hu, Hao ^a   Yang, Ying ^a   Chen, Bolei ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Wu, Sujuan ^a   Xu, Sheng ^a   Xiong, Xiaodong ^a   Han, Hongwei ^a   Zhao, Xingzhong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; CRYSTALLITES; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROLYSIS; ION EXCHANGE; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; MASS TRANSFER; METALLIZING; METALS; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PLATINUM; SOLAR ENERGY; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; SURFACE CHARGE; THICK FILMS; TITANIUM;

ACTIVE SURFACE AREA; ACTIVE SURFACES; ADHESION LAYERS; BI LAYERS; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCES; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DEPOSITION TIME; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; INTERMETALLIC PHASE; TITANIUM THIN FILMS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 49749084047     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2966464     Document Type: Article

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