Influence of Cu vacancy on knit coir mat structured CuS as counter electrode for quantum dot sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 19702-19709

  Dennyson Savariraj, A ^a   Viswanathan, Kodakkal Kannan ^b   Prabakar, Kandasamy ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CuS counter electrodes; Impedance spectroscopy; Knit coir mat; Quantum dot solar cells

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; NANOCRYSTALS; REDOX REACTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; KNIT COIR MAT; QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELLS; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

COPPER;

EID: 84914668012     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am504615x     Document Type: Article

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