Controlled growth of CuS on electrospun carbon nanofibers as an efficient counter electrode for quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16526-16535

  Li, Linlin ^a   Zhu, Peining ^b   Peng, Shengjie ^a   Srinivasan, Madhavi ^a   Yan, Qingyu ^a   Nair, A Sreekumaran ^c   Liu, Bin ^b   Samakrishna, Seeram ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c AMRITA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON FIBERS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHELATION; NANOPARTICLES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROSPUN CARBON NANOFIBERS; FORMATION MECHANISM; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; REACTION CONDITIONS; REDUCTION PROCESS;

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84905447209     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4117529     Document Type: Article

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