One-Step Synthesis of a MoS2−CuS Composite with High Electrochemical Activity as an Effective Counter Electrode for CdS/CdSe Sensitized Solar Cells

ChemElectroChem

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1984-1989

  Kamaja, Chaitanya Krishna ^a,b   Devarapalli, Rami Reddy ^a,b   Shelke, Manjusha V ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH   (India)

^c CSIR Network Institute for Solar Energy CSIR National Chemical Laboratory   (India)

Author keywords

counter electrodes; electrocatalytic activity; MoS2 CuS; quantum dot sensitized solar cells

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYSULFIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTRODE/ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; NANOSTRUCTURED COMPOSITE MATERIALS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 85019851581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21960216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/celc.201700231     Document Type: Article

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