Graphene/PbS as a Novel Counter Electrode for Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells

ACS Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 323-330

  Parand, Parisa ^a   Samadpour, Mahmoud ^a   Esfandiar, Ali ^b   Iraji Zad, Azam ^c  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

counter electrode; graphene; PbS; quantum dot; solar cell

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE; IONIC LIQUIDS; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COMPOSITE ELECTRODE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; PBS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; REDOX ELECTROLYTES;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 84907859936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ph400011z     Document Type: Article

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