Printable highly catalytic Pt- and TCO-free counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2224-2229

  He, Jian ^a   Lee, Lawrence Tien Lin ^a   Yang, Shihang ^a   Li, Quan ^a   Xiao, Xudong ^a   Chen, Tao ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

carbon; catalyst; counter electrode; Cu2ZnSnS4; nanostructure; solar cell

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE RATIOS; CARBON NETWORK; CONDUCTING GLASS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; MATERIALS COSTS; PT NANOPARTICLES; SODA LIME GLASS;

CARBON; CATALYSTS; GLASS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84896885541     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am4057375     Document Type: Article

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