Electropolymerization of a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) and functionalized, multi-walled, carbon nanotubes counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells and characterization of its performance

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3147-3152

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Li, Xiaoxue ^a   Guo, Wei ^a   Hreid, Tubshin ^a   Hou, Jinfeng ^b   Su, Haiquan ^a   Yuan, Zhuobin ^c  

^a INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cell; Electropolymerization; Nanostructured PEDOT

Indexed keywords

AC IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; AFM IMAGE; ALTERNATING CURRENT; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENES; FLUORINE-DOPED; FORMATION MECHANISM; FUNCTIONALIZED; GLASS SUBSTRATES; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MULTI-WALLED; NANO-STRUCTURED; PEDOT ELECTRODES; RUTHENIUM SENSITIZERS; SEM;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPOSITE FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUORINE; ION EXCHANGE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; REDOX REACTIONS; RUTHENIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79953224394     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2011.01.063     Document Type: Article

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