Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes/graphene hybrid electrode as a TCO- and Pt-free flexible cathode for application in solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Volumn 2, Issue 48, 2014, Pages 20902-20907

  Dong, Pei ^a   Zhu, Yu ^b,c   Zhang, Jing ^a   Hao, Feng ^d   Wu, Jingjie ^a   Lei, Sidong ^a   Lin, Hong ^d   Hauge, Robert H ^e   Tour, James M ^a,c,e   Lou, Jun ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b University of Akron   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODES; CHARGE TRANSFER; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GRAPHENE; HYBRID MATERIALS; METAL FOIL; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLATINUM; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TIN; TIN OXIDES; YARN;

CATALYTIC CAPABILITY; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; FEW-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84911934231     PISSN: 20507488     EISSN: 20507496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ta05264a     Document Type: Article

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