The influence of the preparation method of NiOx photocathodes on the efficiency of p-type dye-sensitized solar cells

Coordination Chemistry Reviews

Volumn 304-305, Issue , 2015, Pages 179-201

  Dini, Danilo ^a   Halpin, Yvonne ^b   Vos, Johannes G ^b   Gibson, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charge transport; DSC cells; Electrochemistry; NiO preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940452278     PISSN: 00108545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2015.03.020     Document Type: Review

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