Study of the thermal reduction of graphene oxide and of its application as electrocatalyst in quasi-solid state dye-sensitized solarcells in combination with PEDOT

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 698-706

  Nikolakopoulou, Archontoula ^a,b   Tasis, Dimitrios ^b   Sygellou, Lambrini ^b   Dracopoulos, Vassilios ^b   Galiotis, Costas ^a,b   Lianos, Panagiotis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Counter electrode; PEDOT; Quasi solid state dye sensitized solar cells; Reduced graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; OXIDE FILMS; REDUCTION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODES; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRAPHENE OXIDE FILMS; PEDOT; QUASI-SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84883652336     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.08.064     Document Type: Article

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