In situ synthesis of a NiS/Ni3S2 nanorod composite array on Ni foil as a FTO-free counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

Yongping Liao; Kai Pan; Qingjiang Pan; Guofeng Wang; Wei Zhou; Honggang Fu

doi:10.1039/C4NR06534D

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In situ synthesis of a NiS/Ni₃S₂ nanorod composite array on Ni foil as a FTO-free counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells†

Yongping Liao,^a Kai Pan,*^a Qingjiang Pan,^a Guofeng Wang,^a Wei Zhou^a and Honggang Fu*^a

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Abstract

A NiS/Ni₃S₂ nanorod composite array that directly grows on Ni foil has been used as a counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells; these nickel sulfide nanorods exhibit excellent photo-electrical conversion efficiency when compared with conventional noble-metal Pt electrodes.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C4NR06534D
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 06 Nov 2014
Accepted: 05 Dec 2014
First published: 08 Dec 2014

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Nanoscale, 2015,7, 1623-1626

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In situ synthesis of a NiS/Ni₃S₂ nanorod composite array on Ni foil as a FTO-free counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

Y. Liao, K. Pan, Q. Pan, G. Wang, W. Zhou and H. Fu, Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 1623 DOI: 10.1039/C4NR06534D

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