Application of carbon materials as counter electrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells

被引:450
作者
Huang, Zhen
Liu, Xizhe
Li, Kexin
Li, Dongmei
Luo, Yanhong
Li, Hong
Song, Wenbo
Chen, LiQuan
Meng, Qingbo [1 ]
机构
[1] Jilin Univ, Coll Chem, Changchun 130023, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Beijing Natl Lab Condensed Matter Phys, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
counter electrode; DSSC; hard carbon spherule; graphite;
D O I
10.1016/j.elecom.2006.10.028
中图分类号
O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];
学科分类号
081704 ;
摘要
Hard carbon spherule (HCS) has been investigated as a counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells. The overall conversion efficiency of the cell reached 5.70% which is comparable to 6.50% of the counter electrode of platinum-sputtered fluorine-doped tin oxide used in Gratzel-type solar cells under the same experimental condition. It is found that the photovoltaic performance was strongly affected by the specific surface areas of the carbon materials. (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:596 / 598
页数:3
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