Pyrolytic carbon from an aromatic precursor and its application as a counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1358-1364

  Hsiao, Chang Tao ^a   Lu, Shih Yuan ^a   Tsai, Tsung Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

carbon; counter electrode; dyes pigments; solar cells; vapor deposition

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC PRECURSORS; CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION PROCESS; CHLOROMETHYL; COMMONLY USED; COUNTER ELECTRODE MATERIALS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; DYES/PIGMENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; MICRO-POROUS; MIRROR REFLECTIONS; PYROLYTIC CARBON; QUARTZ PLATES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; FLUORINE; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; QUARTZ; REDUCTION; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

CARBON FILMS;

EID: 78751639509     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201000877     Document Type: Article

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