Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes with metal nanoparticles as counter electrode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells

Yedi Xing; Xiaojia Zheng; Yihui Wu; Mingrun Li; Wen-Hua Zhang; Can Li

doi:10.1039/C5CC01379H

Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes with metal nanoparticles as counter electrode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells

Yedi Xing,^a Xiaojia Zheng,^a Yihui Wu,^a Mingrun Li,^a Wen-Hua Zhang*^a and Can Li*^a

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^a State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
E-mail: whzhang@dicp.ac.cn, canli@dicp.ac.cn

Abstract

Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes decorated with Co and Ni metal nanoparticles were assessed as counter electrodes (CEs) of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). These composites show good electrocatalytic activity toward the counter electrode reduction reaction (I₃⁻ → I⁻) in DSSCs. The resulting devices using these composites as CEs display photovoltaic performance as good as, or even better than Pt-based devices, indicating their potential for application in DSSCs.

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The article was received on 13 Feb 2015, accepted on 08 Apr 2015 and first published on 08 Apr 2015

Article type: Communication

DOI: 10.1039/C5CC01379H

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Citation: Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 8146-8149

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Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes with metal nanoparticles as counter electrode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells

Y. Xing, X. Zheng, Y. Wu, M. Li, W. Zhang and C. Li, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 8146
DOI: 10.1039/C5CC01379H
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Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes with metal nanoparticles as counter electrode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells

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