Synthesis of nickel sulfides of different phases for counter electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells by a solvothermal method with different solvents

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 935-941

  Yang, Xiao ^a   Zhou, Lei ^a   Feng, Ali ^a   Tang, Huaibao ^a   Zhang, Haijun ^a   Ding, Zongling ^a   Ma, Yongqing ^a   Wu, Mingzai ^a   Jin, Shaowei ^a   Li, Guang ^b  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Anhui Key Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials   (China)

Author keywords

Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cells; Nickel sulfide; Solvothermal method

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ENERGY CONVERSION; NANORODS; NICKEL; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; NICKEL SULFIDE; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; NANOARCHITECTURES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84899793774     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2014.74     Document Type: Article

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