Amorphous carbon as a flexible counter electrode for low cost and efficient dye sensitized solar cell

Renewable Energy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 383-388

  Veerappan, Ganapathy ^a   Bojan, Karunagaran ^a   Rhee, Shi Woo ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Charge transfer resistance; Dye sensitized solar cells; Flexible carbon counter electrode; Quasi solid electrolyte; Spray coating

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CARBON ELECTRODE; CARBON MATERIAL; CARBON POWDER; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FLEXIBLE CARBON COUNTER ELECTRODE; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; GLASS SUBSTRATES; IODIDE/TRI-IODIDE; LOW COSTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; ONE-SUN ILLUMINATION; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; REDOX ELECTROLYTES; SOLAR SIMULATOR; SPRAY COATING; SPRAY DEPOSITION; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; ETHANOL; FLUORINE; GLASS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLATINUM; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SUBSTRATES; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

PLASTIC COATINGS;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; CALORIMETRY; CARBON; CATALYSIS; COATING; DISPERSION; DYE; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYTE; ETHANOL; GLASS; LOW TEMPERATURE; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; SUBSTRATE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84155165025     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.10.020     Document Type: Article

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