Improvement of adhesion of Pt-free counter electrodes for low-cost dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 245, Issue , 2012, Pages 66-71

  Gao, Yurong ^a   Chu, Lingling ^a   Wu, Mingxing ^a   Wang, Linlin ^a   Guo, Wei ^a   Ma, Tingli ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Conductive carbon paste; Dye sensitized solar cells; Photovoltaic performance; Pt free counter electrode

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864528661     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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