Enhanced corrosion resistance of TiN-coated stainless steels for the application in flexible dye-sensitized solar cells

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 276, Issue , 2013, Pages 563-570

  Ouyang, Fan Yi ^a   Tai, Wei Lun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Dye sensitized solar cell; Iodine containing electrolyte; Stainless steel; Titanium nitride

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CORROSION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; CORROSION RESISTANT COATINGS; CORROSIVE EFFECTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOCRYSTALS; SINTERING; SOLAR CELLS; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL CORROSION; TIN; TITANIUM NITRIDE;

ALTERNATIVE SUBSTRATES; CORROSION CURRENT DENSITIES; FLEXIBLE DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; LONG TERM STABILITY; LOW SINTERING TEMPERATURE; MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; UNBALANCED MAGNETRON SPUTTERING SYSTEMS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84877577327     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.03.134     Document Type: Article

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