Incorporation of the TiO2 nanowire arrays photoanode and Cu 2S nanorod arrays counter electrode on the photovoltaic performance of quantum dot sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 276-283

  Peng, Zhuoyin ^a,b   Liu, Yueli ^a   Zhao, Yinghan ^a   Chen, Keqiang ^a   Cheng, Yuqing ^a   Chen, Wen ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b 48th Institute of China Electronic Technology Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Incorporation; Photovoltaic performance enhancement; Quantum dot sensitized solar cells

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; NANOWIRES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; INCORPORATION; LARGE SURFACE AREA; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

NANORODS;

EID: 84901803914     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.05.019     Document Type: Article

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