Facile synthesis of nanoporous TiC-SiC-C composites as a novel counter-electrode for dye sensitized solar cells

Microporous and Mesoporous Materials

Volumn 190, Issue , 2014, Pages 309-315

  Zhong, Jie ^a,b,c   Peng, Yong ^b   Zhou, Manyuan ^b   Zhao, Juan ^b   Liang, Shuquan ^a,c   Wang, Huanting ^b   Cheng, Yi Bing ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon; Counter electrode; Porous; Solar cell; TiC composites

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM CARBIDE;

APPLICATION PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FUNCTIONAL APPLICATIONS; POROUS; TITANIUM CARBIDES (TIC);

CARBON SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITES;

EID: 84896379138     PISSN: 13871811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2014.02.029     Document Type: Article

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