Graphene coated cotton fabric as textile structured counter electrode for DSSC

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 173, Issue , 2015, Pages 164-171

  Sahito, Iftikhar Ali ^a   Sun, Kyung Chul ^a   Arbab, Alvira Ayoub ^a   Qadir, Muhammad Bilal ^a   Jeong, Sung Hoon ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cotton fabric; counter electrode; DSSC; electro conductive; graphene

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; COSTS; COTTON; COTTON FABRICS; ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE; PLATINUM; PLATINUM METALS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILES;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; DSSC; ELECTRO CONDUCTIVE; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FABRIC ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEETS; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO);

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84929648620     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.05.035     Document Type: Article

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