Direct synthesis of cobalt nanoparticle-imbedded mesoporous carbons for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cell counter electrodes

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Volumn 2, Issue 48, 2014, Pages 10312-10321

  Chen, Ming ^a   Shao, Leng Leng ^a   Qian, Xing ^a   Ren, Tie Zhen ^b   Yuan, Zhong Yong ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON PHENOLIC COMPOSITES; CARBONIZATION; COBALT; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLATINUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE;

COBALT NANOPARTICLES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRAPHITIZATION DEGREE; HIGH ENERGY CONVERSIONS; ORDERED MESOPOROUS CARBON; ORDERED MESOSTRUCTURE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84911948625     PISSN: 20507534     EISSN: 20507526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4tc02270j     Document Type: Article

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