Ni3S2/Ni-P bilayer coated on polyimide as a Pt- and TCO-free flexible counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3357-3364

  Lin, Jeng Yu ^a   Wang, Wei Yan ^a   Lin, Yi Ting ^a   Chou, Shu Wei ^a  

^a TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

bilayer; counter electrode; dye sensitized solar cell; flexible; Pt free; TCO free

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYSTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; POLYIMIDES; REDUCTION; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TIN OXIDES;

BI-LAYER; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FLEXIBLE; PT-FREE; TCO-FREE;

NICKEL;

EID: 84896351484     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am405384c     Document Type: Article

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