Enhanced electrocatalytic activity of plasma functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotube-entrapped poly(3,4-ethylendioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) photocathode

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 146, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-72

  Rhee, Yong Hoon ^a   Ahn, Dong June ^a   Ko, Min Jae ^b   Jin, Hwa Young ^b   Jin, Joon Hyung ^a   Min, Nam Ki ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cell; electrocatalytic activity; nanotubes; oxygen plasma functionalized carbon; PEDOT:PSS photocathode; photoelectrochemical cell

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STYRENE; TIN OXIDES;

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; FUNCTIONALIZED; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; PEDOT:PSS; POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE);

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84907888777     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.09.021     Document Type: Article

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