Graphene films decorated with metal sulfide nanoparticles for use as counter electrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells

Carbon

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 116-123

  Bi, Hui ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a   Sun, Shengrui ^a   Cui, Houlei ^a   Lin, Tianquan ^a   Huang, Fuqiang ^a,b   Xie, Xiaoming ^c   Jiang, Mianheng ^c  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; METAL SULFIDE NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLE (NPS); PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COBALT; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; SOLAR CELLS;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84879690431     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.04.075     Document Type: Article

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