New counter electrode of hot filament chemical vapor deposited graphene thin film for dye sensitized solar cell

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 222, Issue , 2013, Pages 464-471

  Seo, Hyung Kee ^a   Song, Minwu ^a   Ameen, Sadia ^a   Akhtar, M Shaheer ^a   Shin, Hyung Shik ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Counter electrode; Filament temperature; Graphene; Raman spectroscopy; Thin film

Indexed keywords

COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRICAL CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FILAMENT TEMPERATURE; HOT-FILAMENT CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (XPS);

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEPOSITS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; GLASS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TIN OXIDES; VAPORS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84875589604     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.02.052     Document Type: Article

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