CoS2-graphene composite as efficient catalytic counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cell

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 173-179

  Duan, Xiaoli ^a   Gao, Zhiyong ^a   Chang, Jiuli ^a,b   Wu, Dapeng ^a,b   Ma, Pengfei ^c   He, Jinjin ^a   Xu, Fang ^a,b   Gao, Shuyan ^a   Jiang, Kai ^a,c  

^a HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Engineering Technology Research Center of Motive Power and Key Materials   (China)

^c Henan Province Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Materials   (China)

Author keywords

Cobalt disulfide graphene composite; Dye sensitized solar cell; Electrocatalysis; Photoelectric conversion

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION RESISTANCE; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; GRAPHENE COMPOSITES; HYDROTHERMAL REACTION; PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; COBALT; ELECTROCATALYSIS; GRAPHENE; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84887105650     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.10.045     Document Type: Article

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