Novel PtO decorated MWCNTs as a highly efficient counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

RSC Advances

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 8307-8310

  Chen, Xiao ^a   Guo, Jian Wei ^a   Hou, Yu ^a   Li, Yu Hang ^a   Yang, Shuang ^a   Zheng, Li Rong ^c   Zhang, Bo ^a   Yang, Xiao Hua ^a   Yang, Hua Gui ^a,b  

^a East China University of Science and Technology   (China)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PLATINUM; YARN;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; POLYMER LIGANDS; REDOX PAIRS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84920851856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra12988a     Document Type: Article

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