High performance dye-sensitized solar cell by using porous polyaniline nanotubes as counter electrode

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 260, Issue , 2015, Pages 393-398

  Park, Kyung Hee ^a   Kim, Seok Jae ^b   Gomes, Ruth ^c   Bhaumik, Asim ^c  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Charge transfer resistance; Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cells; Nanotubes; Polyaniline

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM PERSULFATE; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRODES; NANOTUBES; ORTHOPHOSPHORIC ACID; PLATINUM; POLYANILINE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR CELLS; YARN;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; CONTROLLED POLYMERIZATION; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; POLYANILINE NANOTUBES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84926169957     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.08.105     Document Type: Article

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