Optically transparent cathode for Co(III/II) mediated dye-sensitized solar cells based on graphene oxide

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 6999-7006

  Kavan, Ladislav ^a,b   Yum, Jun Ho ^a   Graetzel, Michael ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

cobalt redox shuttle; dye sensitized solar cell; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; graphene oxide; reduced graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY LOSS; BASAL PLANES; CHEMICAL REDUCTION; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTROLYTE SOLUTIONS; ENHANCED STABILITY; GRAPHENE OXIDES; LONG-TERM AGING; NANO-PLATELETS; POOR ADHESION; PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; REDOX COUPLE; REDOX SHUTTLE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SEMITRANSPARENT FILMS; SINGLE LAYER; TRANSPARENT CATHODE;

ACETONITRILE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

COBALT;

EID: 84871641958     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am302253e     Document Type: Article

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