Nanocomposite Graphene/Pt Electrocatalyst as Economical Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

ChemElectroChem

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 416-425

  Yeh, Min Hsin ^a   Lin, Lu Yin ^a   Su, Jheng Sin ^b   Leu, Yow An ^a   Vittal, R ^a   Sun, Chia Liang ^b   Ho, Kuo Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electrocatalysts; Graphene; Nanoparticles; Platinum; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY HARVESTING; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; RATE CONSTANTS; REDUCTION; ROTATING DISKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; ELECTROCATALYTIC ABILITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL SURFACE AREA; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HETEROGENEOUS RATE CONSTANT; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84893170756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21960216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/celc.201300081     Document Type: Article

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