Simple and Fast Microwave-Assisted Synthesis Methods of Nanocrystalline TiO<sub>2</sub> and rGO Materials for Low-Cost Metal-Free DSSC Applications
Marwa Fathy, Hossam Hassan, H. Hafez, Moataz Soliman, Fuad Abulfotuh, Abd El‐Hady B. Kashyout
Abstract
, respectively. Although the overall power efficiency of the fabricated DSSCs based on rGO as the counter electrode is lower than that based on the Pt electrode, the former still exhibits promising prospects for replacing Pt with low-cost metal-free carbon-based DSSCs.
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