Highly efficient and low cost Pt-based binary and ternary composite catalysts as counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 671-676

  Wang, Yudi ^a   Zhao, Chunyu ^a   Wu, Mingxing ^b   Liu, Wei ^a   Ma, Tingli ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Catalyst; Composite; Counter electrode; Dye; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

BINS; CATALYSTS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DYEING; ELECTRODES; PLATINUM; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS;

BINARY COMPOSITES; COUNTER ELECTRODES; LOW COSTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; TERNARY COMPOSITES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84884258346     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.04.154     Document Type: Article

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