Comparative evaluation of catalytic counter electrodes for Co(III)/(II) electron shuttles in regenerative photoelectrochemical cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5142-5153

  Carli, Stefano ^a   Busatto, Eva ^a   Caramori, Stefano ^a   Boaretto, Rita ^a   Argazzi, Roberto ^a   Timpson, Cliff J ^b   Bignozzi, Carlo Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 ,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE (EDOT); DYE-SENSITIZED PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTROACTIVE SURFACE AREAS; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRON TRANSFER KINETICS; HETEROGENEOUS ELECTRON TRANSFER;

CHARGE TRANSFER; COATED WIRE ELECTRODES; ELECTRIC WELDING; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; GOLD COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; TIN OXIDES;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84875161442     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp312066n     Document Type: Article

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