Rational design and fabrication of skeletal Cu7S4 nanocages for efficient counter electrode in quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

Nano Energy

Volumn 12, Issue , 2015, Pages 186-196

  Chen, Wenlong ^a   Wang, Min ^a   Qian, Tianyue ^a   Cao, Hongliang ^b   Huang, Shoushuang ^a   He, Qingquan ^a   Liang, Na ^a   Wang, Cheng ^c   Zai, Jiantao ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b East China University of Science and Technology   (China)

^c CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Counter electrodes; Cu7S4 nanocages; Kirkendall effect; Quantum dot sensitized solar cells

Indexed keywords

BRASS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRODES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYELECTROLYTES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; TIN OXIDES;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; FORMATION MECHANISM; KIRKENDALL EFFECTS; NANOCAGES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; VOLTAMMETRY MEASUREMENTS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84923047965     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.12.026     Document Type: Article

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