Performance of dye-sensitized solar cells with various carbon nanotube counter electrodes

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-79

  Zhang, Dingwen ^a,b   Li, Xiaodong ^a   Chen, Si ^a   Sun, Zhuo ^a   Yin, Xi Jiang ^b   Huang, Sumei ^a  

^a East China Normal University   (China)

^b SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Dye sensitized solar cells; Screen printing; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959374110     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-011-0597-0     Document Type: Article

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