Hierarchical porous nano-carbon composite: Effective fabrication and application in dye sensitized solar cells

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 229, Issue , 2013, Pages 102-111

  Zeng, Wei ^a,b   Fang, Guojia ^a   Wang, Xueqi ^a   Zheng, Qiao ^a   Li, Borui ^a   Huang, Huihui ^a   Tao, Hong ^a   Liu, Nishuang ^a   Xie, Weijun ^b   Zhao, Xingzhong ^a   Zou, Dechun ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIUJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Counter electrode; Defects; Dye sensitized solar cell; Hierarchical porous; Mass transport; Nano carbon composite

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC ABILITY; COMPOSITE ARCHITECTURES; COUNTER ELECTRODE MATERIALS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; FABRICATION PROCESS; FABRICATION STRATEGIES; HIERARCHICAL POROUS; MASS TRANSFER MODELS; NANO-CARBON; PORE-FORMING PRECURSORS; POROUS STRUCTURES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SODIUM LAURYL SULFATES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEFECTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; FABRICATION; MASS TRANSFER; PLATINUM; SOLAR CELLS;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84872058306     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2012.12.021     Document Type: Article

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