Polypyrrole nanorod networks/carbon nanoparticles composite counter electrodes for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 397-404

  Peng, Shengjie ^a,c   Tian, Lingling ^e   Liang, Jing ^b   Mhaisalkar, Subodh G ^a   Ramakrishna, Seeram ^d,f  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NUS Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative ^*  (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

carbon nanoparticles; counter electrodes; dye sensitized solar cells; polypyrrole nanorods; PPy nanorods carbon nanoparticles electrocatalytic activity

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONTENT; CARBON ELECTRODE; CARBON NANO PARTICLES; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSFER; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH YIELD; ION ASSOCIATION; PPY NANORODS/CARBON NANOPARTICLES ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; TRIIODIDE;

CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; POLYPYRROLES; SOLAR CELLS;

NANORODS;

EID: 84856289617     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am201461c     Document Type: Article

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