Graphene nanosheets@ZnO nanorods as three-dimensional high efficient counter electrodes for dye sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 151, Issue , 2015, Pages 459-466

  Chang, Quanhong ^a,b   Ma, Zhoujing ^b   Wang, Jinzhong ^a   Yan, Yuan ^a   Shi, Wangzhou ^b   Chen, Qi ^b   Huang, Yuewu ^a   Yu, Qingjiang ^a   Huang, Lei ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregations; Counter electrode; DSSCs; Graphene nanosheets; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE; NANORODS; NANOSHEETS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; REDUCTION; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DSSCS; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES; ZNO NANOROD;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84911499281     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.11.074     Document Type: Article

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