Ultrafine sputter-deposited Pt nanoparticles for triiodide reduction in dye-sensitized solar cells: Impact of nanoparticle size, crystallinity and surface coverage on catalytic activity

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 48, 2012, Pages

  Mukherjee, Somik ^a   Ramalingam, Balavinayagam ^a   Griggs, Lauren ^a   Hamm, Steven ^a   Baker, Gary A ^a   Fraundorf, Phil ^b   Sengupta, Shramik ^a   Gangopadhyay, Shubhra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTER ELECTRODES; CRYSTALLINITIES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRODE SURFACES; FAST ELECTRON TRANSFER; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; HIGH CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; PT CLUSTERS; PT LOADING; PT NANOPARTICLES; PT THIN FILMS; REDUCTION ACTIVITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE COVERAGES; TRIIODIDE; ULTRAFINE;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DEPOSITS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; REDUCTION; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

PLATINUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84869012690     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/48/485405     Document Type: Article

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