Evaluation of counter electrodes composed by carbon nanofibers and nanoparticles in dye-sensitized solar cells

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3883-3887

  Thapa, Amit ^a   Zhao, Yong ^b   Poudel, Prashant ^a   Elbohy, Hytham ^a   Vaagensmith, Bjorn ^a   Zhang, Zhiling ^a   Fong, Hao ^b   Qiao, Qiquan ^a  

^a South Dakota State University   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibers; carbon nanoparticles (CNPs); counter electrode (CE); dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANO-PARTICLES; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROSPUN CARBON NANOFIBERS;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84887246148     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2013.2279518     Document Type: Article

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