Highly catalytic nickel sulfide counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 306, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-46

  Punnoose, Dinah ^a   Kim, Hee Je ^a   Kumar, Ch S S Pavan ^a   Rao, S Srinivasa ^a   Gopi, Chandu V V M ^a   Chung, Sang Hwa ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs); Nickel sulfide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925773829     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.03.015     Document Type: Article

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