Penetrated and aligned carbon nanotubes for counter electrodes of highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Zhibin Yang; Li Li; Huijuan Lin; Yongfeng Luo; Ruixuan He; Longbin Qiu; Jing Ren; Huisheng Peng

doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2012.08.055

Penetrated and aligned carbon nanotubes for counter electrodes of highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Zhibin Yang, Li Li, Huijuan Lin, Yongfeng Luo, Ruixuan He, Longbin Qiu, Jing Ren, Huisheng Peng

Fudan University

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Abstract

Due to the unique structure and excellent properties, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been widely proposed as electrode materials. However, the CNTs typically appear in a format of networks in which charges have to hop through a lot of boundaries with low efficiency. Here we have described a pressing method to produce penetrated and aligned CNT films in which the generated charges can be rapidly separated and transported during the application as electrodes. As a demonstration, they were used as counter electrodes to fabricate dye-sensitized solar cell with an efficiency of ∼8.46%, which was higher than the conventional platinum electrode.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	82-85
Number of pages	4
Journal	Chemical Physics Letters
Volume	549
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2012.08.055
State	Published - 11 Oct 2012
Externally published	Yes

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