In situ synthesis of NiS nanowall networks on Ni foam as a TCO-free counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5525-5530

  Ke, Weijun ^a   Fang, Guojia ^a   Tao, Hong ^a   Qin, Pingli ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Lei, Hongwei ^a   Liu, Qin ^a   Zhao, Xingzhong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

counter electrode; dye sensitized solar cells; nickel foam; nickel sulfide

Indexed keywords

IONIC LIQUIDS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATES; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; NICKEL FOAM; NICKEL SULFIDE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES;

NICKEL;

EID: 84899534895     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am4059155     Document Type: Article

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