Nickel doped cobalt sulfide as a high performance counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 328, Issue , 2015, Pages 78-85

  Kim, Hee Je ^a   Kim, Chul Woo ^a   Punnoose, Dinah ^a   Gopi, Chandu V V M ^a   Kim, Soo Kyoung ^a   Prabakar, K ^a   Rao, S Srinivasa ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Charge transfer resistance; Cobalt sulfide; Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cell; Nickel doped cobalt sulfide

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL SULFATES; PLATINUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; TIN OXIDES;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCESSING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84922211924     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.12.020     Document Type: Article

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