Electropolymerization polyoxometalate (POM)-doped pedot film electrodes with mastoid microstructure and its application in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 6694-6703

  Yuan, Chunchen ^a   Guo, Shuangshuang ^a   Wang, Shiming ^a   Liu, Lin ^a   Chen, Weilin ^a   Wang, Enbo ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITIES; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; ITS APPLICATIONS; POLY(3 ,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE) (PEDOT); TAFEL POLARIZATION;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OXIDES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84878251019     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie302845z     Document Type: Article

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