Fabrication of high performance multi-walled carbon nanotubes/polypyrrole counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

Energy

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 460-467

  Yue, Gentian ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Zhang, Xin'an ^a   Wu, Jihuai ^b   Jiang, Qiwei ^a   Zhang, Weifeng ^a   Huang, Miaoliang ^b   Lin, Jianming ^b  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cells; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Polypyrrole

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; FABRICATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; POLYPYRROLES; REDUCTION; TIN OXIDES;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITIES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

COMPOSITE; DYE; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYTE; FULLERENE; IODIDE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMER; POLYMERIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84895928248     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.01.058     Document Type: Article

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