Multiwalled carbon nanotube@reduced graphene oxide nanoribbon as the counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16626-16634

  Yeh, Min Hsin ^a   Lin, Lu Yin ^a   Sun, Chia Liang ^b   Leu, Yow An ^a   Tsai, Jin Ting ^b   Yeh, Chen Yu ^c   Vittal, R ^a   Ho, Kuo Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE; NANORIBBONS; PLATINUM; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE DEFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL REDUCTION; CORE-SHELL HETEROSTRUCTURE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROCATALYTIC ABILITY; GRAPHENE SHEETS; MICROWAVE ASSISTED SYNTHESIS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84905466165     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412542d     Document Type: Article

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