Issue 8, 2009
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Energy & Environmental Science

Additional layer of the multi-walled carbon-nanotubes increases the photo-current of a poly(3-hexylthiophene)-sensitised solar cell

Atsushi Furuta,a   Tatsunori Kuramotoa  and  Toru Arai*a  

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a Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Tobata, Kitakyushu, Japan
E-mail: arai@che.kyutech.ac.jp
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Abstract

When a layer of multi-walled carbon nanotubes was deposited on the surface of a poly(3-hexylthiophene) layer on a SnO2-modified glass electrode, the maximum power output of a dye-sensitised photovoltaic solar cell increased by a factor of 1.35.

Graphical abstract: Additional layer of the multi-walled carbon-nanotubes increases the photo-current of a poly(3-hexylthiophene)-sensitised solar cell

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B905747A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 Mar 2009
Accepted
27 May 2009
First published
04 Jun 2009

Energy Environ. Sci., 2009,2, 853-856

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Additional layer of the multi-walled carbon-nanotubes increases the photo-current of a poly(3-hexylthiophene)-sensitised solar cell

A. Furuta, T. Kuramoto and T. Arai, Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 853 DOI: 10.1039/B905747A

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