Investigation of catalytic activity of glassy carbon with controlled crystallinity for counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2826-2832

  Xu, Shunjian ^a   Luo, Yufeng ^a,b   Zhong, Wei ^a  

^a XinYu University   (China)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Catalytic activity; Counter electrode; Crystallinity; Dye sensitized solar cells; Graphene stacks

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; CATALYTIC MATERIALS; COUNTER ELECTRODE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLINITY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENHANCED CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LOW CRYSTALLINITY; TRIIODIDE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GLASSY CARBON; GRAPHENE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLINITY; DYE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; GRAPHITE; REDUCTION; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 80053948271     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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