Dispersion of graphene in organic solvents and their use for improving efficiency of dye- and quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 139, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-60

  Nikolakopoulou, Archontoula ^a,b   Tasis, Dimitrios ^b   Sygellou, Lamprini ^b   Lianos, Panagiotis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

graphene; organic solvents; P3HT; sensitized solar cells

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; IMPROVING EFFICIENCY; INTERMEDIATE FORMATION; P3HT; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SOLID STATE SOLAR CELLS; SUBSEQUENT REDUCTION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84904962822     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.06.154     Document Type: Article

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