Construction of efficient counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells: Fe2O3 nanoparticles anchored onto graphene frameworks

Carbon

Volumn 96, Issue , 2016, Pages 947-954

  Yang, Wang ^a   Xu, Xiuwen ^a   Li, Zhao ^a   Yang, Fan ^a   Zhang, Liqiang ^a   Li, Yongfeng ^a   Wang, Aijun ^b   Chen, Shengli ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GRAPHENE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLATINUM; SELF ASSEMBLY; SOLAR CELLS;

ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FAST ELECTRON TRANSPORT; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SELF ASSEMBLY PROCESS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TRANSPORT PATHWAYS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84947976093     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.10.059     Document Type: Article

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