NiO nanoparticles deposited on graphene platelets as a cost-effective counter electrode in a dye sensitized solar cell

Carbon

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-63

  Bajpai, Reeti ^a   Roy, Soumyendu ^a   Koratkar, Nikhil ^b   Misra, D S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; GRAPHENE PLATELETS; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; PLATINUM THIN FILM; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DEPOSITS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; GRAPHENE; PLATELETS; PLATINUM; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SOLAR CELLS;

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EID: 84875217690     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.12.087     Document Type: Article

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