Topotactically grown bismuth sulfide network film on substrate as low-cost counter electrodes for quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16602-16610

  Yu, Haijing ^a   Bao, Huili ^a   Zhao, Ke ^a   Du, Zhonglin ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Zhong, Xinhua ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CURVE FITTING; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; NANORODS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES;

CONTINUOUS LATTICES; HYDROTHERMAL TRANSFORMATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PREPARATION CONDITIONS; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE NANORODS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; TOPOTACTIC TRANSFORMATION;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 84905494245     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4125217     Document Type: Article

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