Graphitic porous carbon derived from human hair as ‘green’ counter electrode in quantum dot sensitized solar cells

Carbon

Volumn 107, Issue , 2016, Pages 395-404

  Sahasrabudhe, Atharva ^a   Kapri, Sutanu ^a   Bhattacharyya, Sayan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CARBONIZATION; CHALCOGENIDES; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; NANOCRYSTALS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSITION METALS;

CHARGE TRANSFER PROCESS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTRODE/ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TRANSITION METAL CHALCOGENIDES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 85008323158     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2016.06.015     Document Type: Article

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