New insight into copper sulfide electrocatalysts for quantum dot-sensitized solar cells: Composition-dependent electrocatalytic activity and stability

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 22078-22087

  Kim, Chung Soo ^a   Choi, Sun Hee ^b   Bang, Jin Ho ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

composition; copper sulfides; counter electrode; electrocatalyst; stability

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; COPPER SULFIDES; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY AND STABILITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SIMPLE APPROACH;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84919919714     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am505473d     Document Type: Article

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