Impacts of sputter-deposited platinum thickness on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 488-493

  Cho, Chun Pei ^a   Wu, Hsin Yun ^a   Lin, Chun Chu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Counter electrode; DSSC; Dye sensitized solar cell; Platinum; Sputter

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FILM THICKNESS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PLATINUM; SOLAR CELLS; SPUTTERING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CHARGE TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DSSC; ELECTROCATALYTIC ABILITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; HIGHEST ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84880183491     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.06.023     Document Type: Article

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