Highly transparent and efficient counter electrode using SiO 2/PEDOT-PSS composite for bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 7126-7132

  Song, Dandan ^a   Li, Meicheng ^a   Li, Yingfeng ^a   Zhao, Xing ^a   Jiang, Bing ^a   Jiang, Yongjian ^a  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bifacial dye sensitized solar cells; counter electrode; transparent

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; IRRADIATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; BIFACIAL DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; INORGANIC/ORGANIC COMPOSITES; POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); TRANSPARENT;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 84901670985     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500082x     Document Type: Article

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