Carbon nanostructured fibers as counter electrodes in wire-shaped dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16419-16425

  Pan, Shaowu ^a,b   Yang, Zhibin ^b   Chen, Peining ^b   Fang, Xin ^b   Guan, Guozhen ^b   Zhang, Zhitao ^b   Deng, Jue ^b   Peng, Huisheng ^a,b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; SOLAR CELLS;

CORE SHEATHS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANORIBBON; HIGHEST ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MAXIMAL VALUES; NANOSTRUCTURED FIBERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 84905462863     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410402w     Document Type: Article

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