Highly efficient metal-free sulfur-doped and nitrogen and sulfur dual-doped reduced graphene oxide counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 17010-17018

  Luo, Qiang ^a   Hao, Feng ^a   Wang, Shenghan ^a   Shen, Heping ^a   Zhao, Lihong ^a   Li, Jianbao ^a,b   Grätzel, Michael ^c   Lin, Hong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTES; GRAPHENE; IODINE; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; IODINE-FREE ELECTROLYTES; METAL-FREE ELECTROCATALYSTS; PLATINUM ELECTRODES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCTION REACTION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84905485584     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5004424     Document Type: Article

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