In-situ electrochemically deposited polypyrrole nanoparticles incorporated reduced graphene oxide as an efficient counter electrode for platinum-free dye-sensitized solar cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lim, Su Pei ^a   Pandikumar, Alagarsamy ^a   Lim, Yee Seng ^a   Huang, Nay Ming ^a   Lim, Hong Ngee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 84902458013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05305     Document Type: Article

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