Highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cell with GNS/MWCNT/PANI as a counter electrode

Materials Research Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 272-277

  Al Bahrani, Majid Raissan ^a,b   Xu, Xiaobao ^a   Ahmad, Waqar ^a   Ren, Xiaoliang ^a   Su, Jun ^a   Cheng, Ze ^c   Gao, Yihua ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THI QAR   (Iraq)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cells; Graphene nanosheet; Polyaniline

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COATINGS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE; NANOSHEETS; POLYANILINE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; CURRENT-VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; IN-SITU POLYMERIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

SOLAR CELLS; CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84905031306     PISSN: 00255408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2014.07.029     Document Type: Article

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