Preparation of CNT Counter Electrode by Electrophoresis for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell

Abstract:

Carbon nanotubes are one of the materials that can replace platinum as DSSC’s counter electrode. By utilizing carbon nanotubes (CNT), which is an organic material in place of platinum it is possible to create an inexpensive solar cell. However, there are still many problems with CNT such as low conversion compared with platinum and fast degradation in CNT. At the present time, it is to be large surface area when we fabricate CNT electrode sintered at 500°C with Electrophoretic Deposition (EPD). We measured how conversion efficiency changed by changing sintering temperatures. As a result, when CNT electrode sintered at 500°C, conversion efficiency was the highest and it was 2.46%.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 870)
• Pages: 465-469
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.870.465
• Online since: September 2017
• Authors: Kazuaki Tamiya, Kanta Sugii, Kozo Taguchi*
• Keywords: Carbon Nanotubes (CNT), Conversion Efficiency, Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC), Electrophoretic Deposition (EPD), Sintering Temperature

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