Conducting polymer-based counter electrode for a quantum-dot-sensitized solar cell (QDSSC) with a polysulfide electrolyte

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 277-284

  Yeh, Min Hsin ^a   Lee, Chuan Pei ^a   Chou, Chen Yu ^a   Lin, Lu Yin ^a   Wei, Hung Yu ^a   Chu, Chih Wei ^b,c   Vittal, R ^a   Ho, Kuo Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conducting polymers; Counter electrode; Electrocatalytic activity; Electrochemical polymerization; Quantum dot sensitized solar cell

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYPYRROLES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; OTHER CONDUCTING POLYMERS; POLY(3 ,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE) (PEDOT); POLYPYRROLE (PPY); QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

EID: 82955184439     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2011.03.097     Document Type: Conference Paper

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