Facile fabrication of highly efficient carbon nanotube thin film replacing CuS counter electrode with enhanced photovoltaic performance in quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 311, Issue , 2016, Pages 111-120

  Gopi, Chandu V V M ^a   Venkata Haritha, Mallineni ^a   Kim, Soo Kyoung ^b   Kim, Hee Je ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyeongnam Technopark 22 ^*  (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Counter electrode; CuS; Electrocatalytic activity; Stability

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; COPPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; FILM PREPARATION; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOTUBES; PLATINUM; POLYSULFIDES; REDOX REACTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; STABILITY; YARN;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; PERFORMANCE STABILITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84958824630     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.02.039     Document Type: Article

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