Anthocyanin-sensitized solar cells using carbon nanotube films as counter electrodes

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 46, 2008, Pages

  Zhu, Hongwei ^a,b   Zeng, Haifeng ^a   Subramanian, Venkatachalam ^a   Masarapu, Charan ^a   Hung, Kai Hsuan ^a   Wei, Bingqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLATINUM; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

CARBON NANOTUBE FILMS; CELL PERFORMANCES; COUNTER ELECTRODES; HIGH CONDUCTIVITIES; NATURAL DYES; WALLED NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ANTHOCYANIN; CARBON NANOTUBE; DYE; ELECTROLYTE; PLATINUM; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; SOLAR CELL;

EID: 58149271152     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/46/465204     Document Type: Article

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