کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1288273 | 1498003 | 2013 | 10 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
A nano-carbon composite with unique hierarchical porous structure has been effectively fabricated as dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) counter electrode material by a simple and low-cost way. The fabrication process only employs spin-coating and then combustion by using sodium lauryl sulfate as a facile pore-forming precursor. The generated composite reveals high catalytic ability coupled with low electrical resistance owing to its unique structure. The power conversion efficiency of the resulting DSSC device reaches 6.5%, which is close to 6.6% of the referenced DSSC by using platinum as the counter electrode. A mass transfer model is built and it convincingly demonstrates that the composite architecture is beneficial to carrier transport. The fabrication strategy is simple and effective, and it has a great potential to be applied to DSSC fabrication on a large scale.
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► The dye sensitized solar cell owns relatively high efficiency.
► The fabrication method is greatly effective and low-cost.
► A facile pore-forming precursor is employed.
► The counter electrode owns unique hierarchical porous structure.
► A theoretical simulation convincingly demonstrates the experimental results.
Journal: Journal of Power Sources - Volume 229, 1 May 2013, Pages 102–111