Preparation of high transmittance platinum counter electrode at an ambient temperature for flexible dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 578-584

  Lee, Kun Mu ^a   Lin, Ling Chuan ^a   Chen, Chia Yuan ^a   Suryanarayanan, Vembu ^b   Wu, Chun Guey ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cells; Low temperature fabrication; Photovoltaics; Platinum nanoparticle; solar cell; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; TIN OXIDES;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; LOW-TEMPERATURE FABRICATION; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PLATINUM NANO-PARTICLES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84902490365     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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