Ferrocene-derivatized ordered mesoporous carbon as high performance counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3715-3720

  Ramasamy, Easwaramoorthi ^a   Lee, Jinwoo ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CATHODIC REDUCTIONS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES; FERROCENES; HARD TEMPLATES; LARGE PORE SIZE; MESOCELLULAR CARBON FOAMS; ORDERED MESOPOROUS CARBON; PERFORMANCE COUNTERS; SILICA FOAM; SUN ILLUMINATION; VOLTAMMETRIC STUDIES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; FOAMS; IRON COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SILICA; SOLAR ENERGY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77955420480     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.06.033     Document Type: Article

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