Rapid radiative platinisation for dye-sensitised solar cell counter electrodes

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1267-1272

  Charbonneau, Cecile ^a   Hooper, Katherine ^a   Carnie, Matthew ^a   Searle, Justin ^a   Philip, Bruce ^a   Wragg, David ^a   Watson, Trystan ^a   Worsley, David ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

counter electrode; dye sensitised solar cell; near infrared; platinisation; radiative; ultrafast

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRODES; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED RADIATION; MANUFACTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; TIN OXIDES;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; NEAR INFRARED; PLATINISATION; RADIATIVE; ULTRA-FAST;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84874611982     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2368     Document Type: Article

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