Graphene wrapped copper-nickel nanospheres on highly conductive graphene film for use as counter electrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells

Carbon

Volumn 91, Issue , 2015, Pages 153-160

  Bi, Hui ^a   Cui, Houlei ^a   Lin, Tianquan ^a   Huang, Fuqiang ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; ARCHITECTURE; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COPPER; COPPER ALLOYS; ELECTRODES; FILM GROWTH; GRAPHENE; NANOSPHERES; NICKEL; PLATINUM; SOLAR CELLS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; GRAPHENE FILMS; GRAPHENE GROWTH; NOVEL ARCHITECTURE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84930205187     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.04.051     Document Type: Article

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