Low-cost solution processed nano millet like structure CoS2 film superior to pt as counter electrode for quantum dot sensitized solar cells

Electronic Materials Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 485-493

  Rao, S Srinivasa ^a   Punnosse, Dinah ^a   Kim, Soo Kyoung ^a   Kim, Hee Je ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

chemical bath deposition; cobalt sulfide; counter electrode; nano millet structure; quantum dot sensitized solar cells

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COSTS; DEPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FILM PREPARATION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TIN OXIDES; ZINC SULFIDE;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DEPOSITION TEMPERATURES; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

PLATINUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84930684831     PISSN: 17388090     EISSN: 20936788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13391-014-4158-7     Document Type: Article

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