Carbon nanotube/graphene nanocomposite as efficient counter electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Velten, Josef ^a   Mozer, Attila J ^b   Li, Dan ^b   Officer, David ^b   Wallace, Gordon ^b   Baughman, Ray ^a   Zakhidov, Anvar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC BEHAVIOR; COMPOSITE ELECTRODE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DEFECT SITES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IODIDE/TRI-IODIDE; MULTI-WALLED NANOTUBES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PT CATALYSTS; REDUCTION REACTION; TRIIODIDE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; REDOX REACTIONS; TIN;

SOLAR CELLS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; COLORING AGENT; GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAPHITE; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84863124041     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/8/085201     Document Type: Article

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