Fabrication of the Effective Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Abstract:

Pt-counter electrodes were manufactured by dip coating, spin coating and sputtering methods for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Their properties were analyzed with cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), energy disperse spectroscopy (EDS). We also fabricated the TiO₂ nanotubes of 1.04 μm length as photoanode. The analytic results show that spin coating method has higher Pt content deposited on FTO glass, better performance of charge-transfer, more positive potential of tri-iodide reduction and higher efficiency of DSSCs.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 197-198)
• Pages: 1143-1146
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.197-198.1143
• Online since: February 2011
• Authors: Rui Liu, Wein Duo Yang, Jian Fu Wu, Liang Sheng Qiang
• Keywords: Counter Electrode, DSSCS, TiO₂ Nanotube

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