NiO-NF/MWCNT nanocomposite catalyst as a counter electrode for high performance dye-sensitized solar cells

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 331, Issue , 2015, Pages 333-338

  Raissan Al Bahrani, Majid ^a,b   Liu, Linfeng ^a   Ahmad, Waqar ^a   Tao, Jiayou ^a   Tu, Fanfan ^a   Cheng, Ze ^c   Gao, Yihua ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THI QAR   (Iraq)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cells; Nickel oxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; NANOCATALYSTS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NICKEL OXIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; YARN;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; CURRENT VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; LOW COSTS; NANOCOMPOSITE CATALYST; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84924700700     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.01.015     Document Type: Article

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