Hierarchical porous carbon derived from rice husk as a low-cost counter electrode of dye-sensitized solar cells

Renewable Energy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 708-714

  Wang, Guiqiang ^a   Wang, Delong ^a   Kuang, Shuai ^a   Xing, Wei ^a   Zhuo, Shuping ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cell; Hierarchical porous carbon; Rice husk

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; POROUS MATERIALS; REDOX REACTIONS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDIES; HIERARCHICAL POROUS CARBONS; HIERARCHICAL POROUS STRUCTURES; HIGH SURFACE AREA; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; RICE HUSK;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DYE; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; FUEL CELL; POROSITY; PYROLYSIS; REDOX CONDITIONS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RICE; SOLAR POWER; STRAW; CARBON; COST ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 84919833310     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.10.033     Document Type: Article

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