Improved performance of quantum dot-sensitized solar cells adopting a highly efficient cobalt sulfide/nickel sulfide composite thin film counter electrode

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 268, Issue , 2014, Pages 163-170

  Kim, Hee Je ^a   Kim, Su Weon ^a   Gopi, Chandu V V M ^a   Kim, Soo Kyoung ^a   Rao, S Srinivasa ^a   Jeong, Myeong Soo ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cobalt sulfide; Cobalt sulfide nickel sulfide; Counter electrode; Electrocatalytic activity; Nickel sulfide; Quantum dot solar cell

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; COBALT; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NANOCOMPOSITES; NICKEL; PLATINUM; REDOX REACTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION METHODS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE (FTO); NICKEL SULFIDE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELLS; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84903313567     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.06.007     Document Type: Article

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