CoS acicular nanorod arrays for the counter electrode of an efficient dye-sensitized solar cell

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 7016-7025

  Kung, Chung Wei ^a   Chen, Hsin Wei ^a   Lin, Chia Yu ^a   Huang, Kuan Chieh ^a   Vittal, R ^a   Ho, Kuo Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

acicular nanorods; cobalt oxide; cobalt sulfide; counter electrode; dye sensitized solar cell

Indexed keywords

COBALT OXIDES; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROCATALYTIC ABILITY; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; LONG TERM STABILITY; MAXIMUM POWER; MICROSCOPIC IMAGE; NANOROD ARRAYS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PARAMETERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC; TAFEL POLARIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; TWO-STEP APPROACH; UV-VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

COBALT; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PLATINUM; SUBSTRATES; TIN; TIN OXIDES; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

COBALT; COLORING AGENT; NANOMATERIAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROELECTRODE; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COBALT; COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROELECTRODES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84865592791     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn302063s     Document Type: Article

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