Improving energy conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells by modifying TiO2 photoanodes with nitrogen-reduced graphene oxide

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1234-1240

  Xiang, Zhonghua ^a   Zhou, Xing ^a   Wan, Gang ^a   Zhang, Guoxin ^a   Cao, Dapeng ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Nitrogen doped graphene; Open circuit voltage; Photovoltaic cells; Short circuit current

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GRAPHENE; NITROGEN; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRON-TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN-DOPED GRAPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RESEARCH INTERESTS; THIRD GENERATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84900003140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc5000732     Document Type: Article

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