Effects of hydrazine hydrate treatment on the performance of reducedgraphene oxide film as counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 319, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 339-343

  Qiu, Leifei ^a   Zhang, Haiyan ^a,b   Wang, Wenguang ^a   Chen, Yiming ^a,b   Wang, Rong ^a  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Soft Condensed Matter   (China)

Author keywords

Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cell; Hydrazine hydrate; Reduced graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; FILM PREPARATION; GRAPHENE; HYDRATION; HYDRAZINE; OXIDE FILMS; SOLAR CELLS;

AS SUBSTITUTIONS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DROP CASTING; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; HYDRAZINE HYDRATE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO);

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84922950951     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.07.133     Document Type: Article

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