Enhancement of the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cell with multi-wall carbon nanotubes/polypyrrole composite counter electrodes prepared by electrophoresis/electrochemical polymerization

Materials Research Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 988-994

  Luo, Jun ^a   Niu, Hai Jun ^a   Wen, Hai Lin ^a   Wu, Wen Jun ^b   Zhao, Ping ^b   Wang, Cheng ^a   Bai, Xu Duo ^a   Wang, Wen ^c  

^a HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Composites; A. Thin films; C. Atomic force microscopy; C. Electrochemical measurements; C. Impedance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SURFACE AREA; AFM; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COMPOSITE ELECTRODE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DOUBLE LAYERS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; FORCE MICROSCOPY; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LAYER BY LAYER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPOSITE FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

POLYPYRROLES;

EID: 84872841287     PISSN: 00255408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2012.11.092     Document Type: Article

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