A significant improvement in the electrocatalytic stability of N-doped graphene nanosheets used as a counter electrode for [Co(bpy)3]3+/2+ based porphyrin-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2116-2123

  Zhai, Peng ^a   Lee, Chih Chi ^b   Chang, Ya Huei ^a   Liu, Chang ^a   Wei, Tzu Chien ^b   Feng, Shien Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cobalt mediator; electrocatalytic reliability; N doped graphene; porphyrin sensitized solar cells; surface wettability

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPOUNDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE; NANOSHEETS; PORPHYRINS;

ELECTROCATALYTIC; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; HIGH PERFORMANCE DEVICES; N-DOPED; NITROGEN-DOPED GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE WETTABILITY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84921753532     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5083705     Document Type: Article

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