Engineering the interfaces of ITO@Cu2S nanowire arrays toward efficient and stable counter electrodes for quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 15448-15455

  Jiang, Yan ^a   Zhang, Xing ^a   Ge, Qian Qing ^a   Yu, Bin Bin ^a   Zou, Yu Gang ^a   Jiang, Wen Jie ^a   Hu, Jin Song ^a   Song, Wei Guo ^a   Wan, Li Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

counter electrodes; interface; nanowires; quantum dots; solar cells

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CELL ENGINEERING; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NANOCRYSTALS; NANOWIRES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

CORE-SHELL NANOWIRES; COUNTER ELECTRODES; MECHANICAL INSTABILITIES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; STATE OF THE ART; SYNTHETIC METHODS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84907808286     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am504057y     Document Type: Article

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