Mesoporous Ni0.85Se nanospheres grown in situ on graphene with high performance in dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 8457-8464

  Zhang, Xiao ^a   Yang, Yuxiao ^a   Guo, Shengqi ^a   Hu, Fangzhong ^b   Liu, Lu ^a  

^a Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DSSCs; graphene; mesoporous nanospheres; Ni0.85Se

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; GRAPHENE; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOSPHERES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PLATINUM;

DSSCS; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; ELECTRON TRANSFER PATHWAYS; MESOPOROUS NANOSPHERES; NI0.85SE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES;

SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84929458706     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00464     Document Type: Article

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