Platinum-free tungsten carbides as an efficient counter electrode for dye sensitized solar cells

被引：206

作者：

Jang, Jum Suk ^{[1
]}

Ham, Dong Jin ^{[1
]}

Ramasamy, Easwaramoorthi ^{[1
]}

Lee, Jinwoo ^{[1
]}

Lee, Jae Sung ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Pohang Univ Sci & Technol POSTECH, Dept Chem Engn, Pohang, South Korea

来源：

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS | 2010年 / 46卷 / 45期

关键词：

LOW-COST; MOLYBDENUM; PERFORMANCE; CATALYSTS; HYDROGEN; NICKEL; FILMS; WC;

D O I：

10.1039/c0cc02247k

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

Mesoporous tungsten carbides displayed an excellent solar conversion efficiency (7.01%) as a counter electrode for dye sensitized solar cells under 100 mW cm(-2), AM 1.5G illumination, which corresponded to ca. 85% of the efficiency of the conventional platinum electrode.

引用

页码：8600 / 8602

页数：3

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