Carbon nanostructure counter electrodes for low cost and stable dye-sensitized solar cells

Nano Energy

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 157-175

  Poudel, Prashant ^a   Qiao, Qiquan ^a  

^a South Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanostructures; Charge transfer resistance; Counter electrodes; Dye sensitized solar cells

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTRODE-ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL; NANOSTRUCTURED MORPHOLOGY;

CARBON; CORROSION RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84897619856     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2013.10.012     Document Type: Review

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