Dye-sensitized solar cell with a pair of carbon-based electrodes

Aung Ko Ko Kyaw*, Hosea Tantang, Tao Wu, Lin Ke, Jun Wei, Hilmi Volkan Demir, Qichun Zhang, Xiao Wei Sun

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Abstract

We have fabricated a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) with a pair of carbon-based electrodes using a transparent, conductive carbon nanotubes (CNTs) film modified with ultra-thin titanium-sub-oxide (TiO x) as the working electrode and a bilayer of conductive CNTs and carbon black as the counter electrode. Without TiO x modification, the DSSC is almost nonfunctional whereas the power conversion efficiency (PCE) increases significantly when the working electrode is modified with TiO x. The performance of the cell could be further improved when the carbon black film was added on the counter electrode. The improved efficiency can be attributed to the inhibition of the mass recombination at the working electrode/electrolyte interface by TiO x and the acceleration of the electron transfer kinetics at the counter electrode by carbon black. The DSSC with a pair of carbon-based electrodes gives the PCE of 1.37%.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number165103
JournalJournal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Volume45
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 25 2012
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Acoustics and Ultrasonics
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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