Highly crystalline graphene/carbon black composite counter electrodes with controllable content: Synthesis, characterization and application in dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 96, Issue , 2013, Pages 155-163

  Miao, Xiaohuan ^a   Pan, Kai ^a   Pan, Qingjiang ^a   Zhou, Wei ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Liao, Yongping ^a   Tian, Guohui ^a   Wang, Guofeng ^a  

^a HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Highly crystalline graphene; Interfacial charge transfer; Redox catalysis

Indexed keywords

COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; HIGH CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; INTERFACIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; INTERFACIAL ELECTRON TRANSFER; REDOX CATALYSIS;

CARBON BLACK; CATALYSIS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84875038656     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.02.092     Document Type: Article

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