Nanocomposite of tin sulfide nanoparticles with reduced graphene oxide in high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 137-143

  Yang, Bo ^a   Zuo, Xueqin ^a   Chen, Peng ^a   Zhou, Lei ^a   Yang, Xiao ^a   Zhang, Haijun ^a   Li, Guang ^a   Wu, Mingzai ^a   Ma, Yongqing ^a   Jin, Shaowei ^a   Chen, Xiaoshuang ^b  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

counter electrode; DSSC; nanocomposites; SnS2@RGO

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIN OXIDES;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; DSSC; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; NANOSIZED COMPOSITES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SNS2@RGO; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84921285151     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5040522     Document Type: Article

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