Nitrogen-doped graphene as a cathode material for dye-sensitized solar cells: Effects of hydrothermal reaction and annealing on electrocatalytic performance

RSC Advances

Volumn 5, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 10430-10439

  Zhang, Yake ^a   Sun, Zhe ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Wang, Yudan ^a   Liang, Mao ^a   Xue, Song ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CATHODES; COBALT COMPOUNDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRODES; GELATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SOLAR CELLS; UREA;

ANNEALING TREATMENTS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; EXCHANGE CURRENT DENSITIES; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS; HYDROTHERMAL REACTION; NITROGEN DOPED GRAPHENE; OXYGEN CONTAINING GROUPS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84921442053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra13224f     Document Type: Article

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