Graphene-mediated highly-dispersed MoS2 nanosheets with enhanced triiodide reduction activity for dye-sensitized solar cells

Carbon

Volumn 100, Issue , 2016, Pages 474-483

  Yu, Chang ^a   Meng, Xiangtong ^a   Song, Xuedan ^a   Liang, Suxia ^a   Dong, Qiang ^a   Wang, Gang ^a   Hao, Ce ^a   Yang, Xichuan ^a   Ma, Tingli ^a   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^b   Qiu, Jieshan ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; FILM GROWTH; GRAPHENE; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSHEETS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDIES; ENERGY APPLICATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; HYDROTHERMAL TECHNIQUES; INORGANIC MATERIALS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84958755839     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2016.01.042     Document Type: Article

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