A mesoscopic platinized graphite/carbon black counter electrode for a highly efficient monolithic dye-sensitized solar cell

被引:77
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作者
Liu, Guanghui [1 ]
Wang, Heng [1 ]
Li, Xiong [1 ]
Rong, Yaoguang [1 ]
Ku, Zhiliang [1 ]
Xu, Mi [1 ]
Liu, Linfeng [1 ]
Hu, Min [1 ]
Yang, Ying [1 ]
Xiang, Peng [1 ]
Shu, Ting [1 ]
Han, Hongwei [1 ]
机构
[1] Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Wuhan Natl Lab Optoelect, Michael Gratzel Ctr Mesoscop Solar Cells, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Monolithic; Dye-sensitized solar cell; Mesoscopic; Counter electrode; Carbon; HIGH-PERFORMANCE; LOW-COST;
D O I
10.1016/j.electacta.2012.03.012
中图分类号
O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];
学科分类号
081704 ;
摘要
A mesoscopic platinized graphite/carbon black counter electrode for monolithic dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is developed. Compared with the pure carbon electrode, its catalytic activity and charge transfer rate are improved notably. The 0.5% Pt loading carbon electrode indicates an electrochemical active surface of 109.37 m(2) g(-1), which is higher than 86.58 m(2) g(-1) of the pure carbon electrode. As a result, high energy conversion efficiency up to 7.61% is obtained for monolithic DSSC based on this mesoscopic platinized graphite/carbon black electrode. It could be expected that this low cost mesoscopic platinized graphite/carbon black and simple manufacturing process would make the carbon catalyst-based monolithic DSSC available in practical application. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:334 / 339
页数:6
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