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ArticlePolymers2021

Enhanced Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Polymer-Assisted Dispersion of Platinum Nanoparticles/Carbon Nanotubes Nanohybrid Films as FTO-Free Counter Electrodes.

Jia-Wun Li, Yu-Sheng Chen, Yan-Feng Chen, Jian-Xun Chen, Chung-Feng Jeffrey Kuo, Liang-Yih Chen, Chih-Wei Chiu

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Article in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Jia-Wun LiDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-5033-2829
Yu-Sheng ChenDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan.
Yan-Feng ChenDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan.
Jian-Xun ChenDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan.
Chung-Feng Jeffrey KuoDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan.
Liang-Yih ChenDepartment of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-9779-2133
Chih-Wei ChiuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-2258-2454
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, polymer-assisted dispersants are used to stabilize the nanohybrids of platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs)/carbon nanotubes (CNTs) through non-covalent bond forces. These dispersants aim to replace the florine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass in traditional dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) as counter electrodes. The large specific surface area, high conductivity, and redox potential of PtNPs/CNT nanohybrids are used as the basis to utilize them as the counter electrode material to fabricate a dye-sensitized solar cell. The conductivity results indicate that the resistance of the PtNP/CNT nanohybrid film can be reduced to 7.25 Ω/sq. When carbon nanotubes are mixed with platinum nanoparticles at a weight ratio of 5/1, the photoelectric conversion efficiency of DSSCs can reach 6.28%. When using the FTO-containing substrate as the counter electrode, its conversion efficiency indicates that the micro-/nano-hybrid material formed by PtNPs/CNTs also exhibits an excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency (8.45%) on the traditional FTO substrate. Further, a large-area dye-sensitive cell is fabricated, showing that an 8 cm × 8 cm cell has a conversion efficiency of 7.95%. Therefore, the traditional Pt counter electrode can be replaced with a PtNP/CNT nanohybrid film, which both provides dye-sensitive cells with a high photoelectric conversion efficiency and reduces costs.

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carbon nanotubescounter electrodesdye-sensitized solar cellsplatinum nanoparticles

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PMID34578004
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