Design a novel kind of open-ended carbon sphere for a highly effective counter electrode catalyst in dye-sensitized solar cells

Nano Energy

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 540-549

  Wu, Mingxing ^a   Lin, Ya nan ^a   Guo, Hongyue ^a   Li, Wenyan ^a   Wang, Yudi ^b   Lin, Xiao ^c  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon sphere; Catalyst; Counter electrode; Redox shuttle; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST REGENERATION; CATALYSTS; DRUG DELIVERY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; PLATINUM; SPHERES;

CARBON SPHERES; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DIFFUSION CHANNELS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; HOLLOW CARBON SPHERES; INTERNAL SURFACES; REDOX SHUTTLE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84916623001     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.11.032     Document Type: Article

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