Enhancement of the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cell with multi-wall carbon nanotubes/polythiophene composite counter electrodes prepared by electrodeposition

Solid State Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 145-149

  Luo, Jun ^a   Niu, Hai Jun ^a   Wu, Wen Jun ^b   Wang, Cheng ^a   Bai, Xu Duo ^a   Wang, Wen ^c  

^a HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cell; Multi wall carbon nanotube; Polythiophene

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SURFACE AREA; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; POLY-THIOPHENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES;

CARBON; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 83555173568     PISSN: 12932558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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