Low-cost counter electrodes from CoPt alloys for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4812-4818

  He, Benlin ^a   Meng, Xin ^a   Tang, Qunwei ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

CoPt alloys; Counter electrodes; Dye sensitized solar cells; Low Pt composites

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SOLAR CELLS;

CO-DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; COPT ALLOYS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84898477083     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am405706q     Document Type: Article

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