Facile fabrication of polypyrrole/functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes composite as counter electrodes in low-cost dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 223, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 97-102

  Peng, Shengjie ^a,c   Wu, Yongzhi ^b,c   Zhu, Peining ^c   Thavasi, Velmurugan ^c   Mhaisalkar, Subodh G ^a   Ramakrishna, Seeram ^c,d,e  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Counter electrodes; Dye sensitized solar cells; Flexible substrates; Polypyrrole

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054071896     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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