Comparative study of tungsten monocarbide and platinum as counter electrodes in polysulfide-based photoelectrochemical solar cells

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Esposito, Daniel V ^a,b,c   Dobson, Kevin D ^c   McCandless, Brian E ^c   Birkmire, Robert W ^c   Chen, Jingguang G ^a,b  

^a Institute University of Delaware Newark   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEASUREMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL SOLAR CELL; POLYCRYSTALLINE; PT ELECTRODE; SULFIDE FORMATION; SULFIDE SPECIES; XPS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL MEMBRANES; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; POLYSULFIDES; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; TUNGSTEN; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 67650602312     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/1.3148304     Document Type: Article

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