Single-walled carbon nanotube thin-film counter electrodes for indium tin oxide-free plastic dye solar cells

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Aitola, Kerttu ^a   Kaskela, Antti ^a   Halme, Janne ^a   Ruiz, Virginia ^a,b   Nasibulin, Albert G ^a   Kauppinen, Esko I ^a,c   Lund, Peter D ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Centro de Investigacion Tecnologica En Electroquimica   (Spain)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; CNT FILMS; CONDUCTING LAYERS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; CVD METHOD; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; DYE SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REMOVAL; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; IRON CATALYST; LOW-INTENSITY; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; RANDOM NETWORK; SINGLE-WALLED; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES;

CATALYSTS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INDIUM; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; PLATINUM; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

PLASTICS;

EID: 78449270398     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/1.3500367     Document Type: Article

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