کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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193577 | 459773 | 2008 | 7 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
A counter electrode was prepared for a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) through electrochemical deposition of mesoporous platinum on fluorine-doped tin oxide glass in the presence of a structure-directing nonionic surfactant, octaethylene glycol monohexadecyl ether (C16EO8). The DSSC fabricated with the electrochemically deposited Pt (ED-Pt) counter electrode rendered a higher solar-to-electricity conversion efficiency of 7.6%, compared with approximately 6.4% of the cells fabricated with the sputter-deposited or most commonly-employed thermal deposited Pt counter electrodes. This enhanced efficiency is attributed to the higher short-circuit photocurrent arising from the increases in the active surface area and light reflection as well as the decrease in the sheet resistance of the ED-Pt film, relative to those of the Pt films prepared by the other two deposition methods. The sputter-deposited Pt film yielded almost the same photovoltaic characteristics as the thermal deposited Pt film. The Pt films were characterized by FE-SEM, AFM, cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, sheet resistance measurements, adhesion tests, and light reflection tests.
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Journal: Electrochimica Acta - Volume 53, Issue 6, 15 February 2008, Pages 2890–2896