Facile chemical bath deposition of CuS nano peas like structure as a high efficient counter electrode for quantum-dot sensitized solar cells

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 739, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-27

  Kim, Hee Je ^a   Kim, Jeong Hoon ^a   Pavan Kumar, C H S S ^a   Punnoose, Dinah ^a   Kim, Soo Kyoung ^a   Gopi, Chandu V V M ^a   Srinivasa Rao, S ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Counter electrode; Higher electrocatalytic activity; Nano peas like structure type cus film; Quantum dot sensitized solar cell; Stability test

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PARTICLE SIZE; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; TIN OXIDES; UREA;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; STABILITY TESTS; STRUCTURE TYPE;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84919951376     PISSN: 15726657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2014.12.016     Document Type: Article

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