Facile synthesis of carbon dot-Au nanoraspberries and their application as high-performance counter electrodes in quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

Carbon

Volumn 96, Issue , 2016, Pages 139-144

  Dao, Van Duong ^a   Kim, Poeun ^b,e   Baek, Seunghyeon ^c   Larina, Liudmila L ^a,d   Yong, Kijung ^c   Ryoo, Ryong ^b,e   Ko, Seung Hyeon ^e   Choi, Ho Suk ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^d RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^e Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; INITIATORS (CHEMICAL); NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

CHEMICAL REDUCTION; COUNTER ELECTRODE MATERIALS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; EXCHANGE CURRENT DENSITIES; PERFORMANCE COUNTERS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; TRANSFER RESISTANCE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84947982582     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.09.023     Document Type: Article

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