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Chemical Communications

A hybrid nanostructure of platinum-nanoparticles/graphitic-nanofibers as a three-dimensional counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells†

Chien-Kuo Hsieh,a   Ming-Chi Tsai,a   Ching-Yuan Su,a   Sung-Yen Wei,a   Ming-Yu Yen,b   Chen-Chi M. Ma,b   Fu-Rong Chena  and  Chuen-Horng Tsai*a  

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a Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, R.O.C
E-mail: chtsai@ess.nthu.edu.tw
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b Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, R.O.C

Abstract

We directly synthesized a platinum-nanoparticles/graphitic-nanofibers (PtNPs/GNFs) hybrid nanostructure on FTO glass. We applied this structure as a three-dimensional counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), and investigated the cells' photoconversion performance.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC15049A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Aug 2011
Accepted
15 Sep 2011
First published
26 Sep 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 11528-11530

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A hybrid nanostructure of platinum-nanoparticles/graphitic-nanofibers as a three-dimensional counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells

C. Hsieh, M. Tsai, C. Su, S. Wei, M. Yen, C. M. Ma, F. Chen and C. Tsai, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 11528 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC15049A

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