Graphitic carbon nitride/multiwalled carbon nanotubes composite as Pt-free counter electrode for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 187, Issue , 2016, Pages 243-248

  Wang, Guiqiang ^a   Kuang, Shuai ^b   Zhang, Juan ^b   Hou, Shuo ^a   Nian, Siming ^a  

^a BOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

counter electrode; dye sensitized solar cells; electrocatalytic activity; graphitic carbon nitride; multiwalled carbon nanotubes composite

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CARBON NITRIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; NITRIDES; PLATINUM; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; YARN;

CARBON NANOTUBES COMPOSITES; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COMPOSITE ELECTRODE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; MWCNT ELECTRODES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84947770263     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.11.039     Document Type: Article

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