Fabricating CuS counter electrode for quantum dots-sensitized solar cells via electro-deposition and sulfurization of Cu2O

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 178, Issue , 2015, Pages 329-335

  Xi, Fanxing ^a   Liu, Huicong ^a   Li, Weiping ^a   Zhu, Liqun ^a   Geng, Huifang ^a   Quan, Linlin ^a   Liang, Weitao ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

counter electrode; Cu2O; CuS; indirect electro deposition; quantum dots sensitized solar cells

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER CORROSION; COPPER OXIDES; DEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; FABRICATION; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYSULFIDES; SOLAR CELLS;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; CU SUBSTRATE; CU2O; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; FILL FACTOR; PHOTO-ELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; QUANTUM DOTS-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84939144689     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.08.020     Document Type: Article

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