Investigation of electrodeposited cobalt sulphide counter electrodes and their application in next-generation dye sensitized solar cells featuring organic dyes and cobalt-based redox electrolytes

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 275, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-89

  Swami, Sanjay Kumar ^a   Chaturvedi, Neha ^a   Kumar, Anuj ^a   Kapoor, Raman ^a   Dutta, Viresh ^a   Frey, Julien ^b   Moehl, Thomas ^b   Grätzel, Michael ^b   Mathew, Simon ^b   Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cobalt electrolyte; Cobalt sulphide; Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cell; Organic dye

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXIDE FILMS; PLATINUM; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TIN OXIDES;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COBALT SULPHIDES; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTRODEPOSITED COBALT; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; ORGANIC DYE; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84910615922     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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