Preparation of nanostructure mixed copper-zinc oxide via co-precipitation rout for dye-sensitized solar cells: The influence of blocking layer and Co(II)/Co(III) complex redox shuttle

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1462-1467

  Habibi, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Karimi, Bahareh ^a   Zendehdel, Mahmoud ^a   Habibi, Mehdi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Co(II) Co(III) shuttle; Co precipitation; Copper zinc oxide nanostructure; Dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC)

Indexed keywords

COPRECIPITATION; ELECTRODES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE (FTO); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (FT-IR); OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84900521067     PISSN: 1226086X     EISSN: 22345957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2013.07.032     Document Type: Article

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