Cell Efficiency Table of DSSCs with Various Counter Electrode Electrocatalysts

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Appendix AFree Access Cell Efficiency Table of DSSCs with Various Counter Electrode Electrocatalysts Xiao Zhou, Xiao Zhou School of Materials and Mineral Resources, Functional Materials Laboratory (FML), Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 710055 P.R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorChen Wang, Chen Wang School of Materials and Mineral Resources, Functional Materials Laboratory (FML), Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 710055 P.R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorYangliang Zhang, Yangliang Zhang School of Materials and Mineral Resources, Functional Materials Laboratory (FML), Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 710055 P.R. 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ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorXiaodong Wang, Xiaodong Wang School of Materials and Mineral Resources, Functional Materials Laboratory (FML), Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 710055 P.R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorSining Yun, Sining Yun School of Materials and Mineral Resources, Functional Materials Laboratory (FML), Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 710055 P.R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this author Xiao Zhou, Xiao Zhou School of Materials and Mineral Resources, Functional Materials Laboratory (FML), Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 710055 P.R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorChen Wang, Chen Wang School of Materials and Mineral Resources, Functional Materials Laboratory (FML), Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 710055 P.R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorYangliang Zhang, Yangliang Zhang School of Materials and Mineral Resources, Functional Materials Laboratory (FML), Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 710055 P.R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorWen Fang, Wen Fang School of Materials and Mineral Resources, Functional Materials Laboratory (FML), Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 710055 P.R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorYuzhi Hou, Yuzhi Hou School of Materials and Mineral Resources, Functional Materials Laboratory (FML), Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 710055 P.R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorChen Zhang, Chen Zhang School of Materials and Mineral Resources, Functional Materials Laboratory (FML), Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 710055 P.R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorXiaodong Wang, Xiaodong Wang School of Materials and Mineral Resources, Functional Materials Laboratory (FML), Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 710055 P.R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorSining Yun, Sining Yun School of Materials and Mineral Resources, Functional Materials Laboratory (FML), Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 710055 P.R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this author Book Editor(s):Sining Yun, Sining Yun Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, School of Materials & Mineral Resources, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, >710055 Xi'an ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorAnders Hagfeldt, Anders Hagfeldt Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Laboratory of Photomolecular Science lsp, EPFL SB ISIC LSPM, CH G1 523 (Bâtiment CH) Station 6, CH-1015 LausanneSearch for more papers by this author First published: 03 September 2018 https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527813636.app1Citations: 1 AboutPDFPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShareShare a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature References Kay, A. and Grätzel, M. (1996). Low cost photovoltaic modules based on dye sensitized nanocrystalline titanium dioxide and carbon powder. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 44 (1): 99– 117. Imoto, K., Takahashi, K., Yamaguchi, T. et al. (2003). 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