Flexible TCO-free counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells using graphene nanosheets from a Ti-Ti(III) acid solution

Renewable Energy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 150-158

  Hung, Kai Hsiang ^a   Chan, Chin Hao ^a   Wang, Hong Wen ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Graphene; Ti(III) ion; Titanium

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOUR-POINT PROBE METHOD; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCHLORIC ACID SOLUTION; SURFACE CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IONS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOELECTRONS; REDUCTION; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

GRAPHENE;

ACIDITY; CARBON; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILM; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; TITANIUM;

EID: 84890853120     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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