Template Synthesis of CuInS2 Nanocrystals from In2S3 Nanoplates and Their Application as Counter Electrodes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 5949-5956

  Chen, Bingkun ^a,c   Chang, Shuai ^a,b   Li, Deyao ^a   Chen, Liangliang ^a   Wang, Yongtian ^a   Chen, Tao ^b   Zou, Bingsuo ^a   Zhong, Haizheng ^a   Rogach, Andrey L ^c  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; INDIUM SULFIDE; METAL IONS; MOLAR RATIO; NANOCRYSTALS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONTROL DEVICE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; LIGAND EXCHANGES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REACTION MIXTURE; TEMPLATE SYNTHESIS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84941146100     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01971     Document Type: Article

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