Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells based on Carbon Nanofibers Counter Electrodes

DOI

10.2991/ame-16.2016.29How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Carbon nanofiber, Counter electrode, Solar Cell, Film thickness.

Abstract

Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) exhibiting a large surface area and structural stability can provide high electrochemical performance in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The effect of CNFs layer thickness on the performance of the DSSCs was researched by cyclic voltammetry (CV), and Tafel polarization measurements. The highest power-conversion efficiency PCE of 6.07% was achieved for the DSSC fabricated with CNFs CE at the optimized film thickness of 13 m, a value similiar to that achieved with Pt CE (6.2%).

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ming-Kun Wang
AU  - Jun Xu
AU  - Ya-Bing Sun
AU  - Hui-Ying Wang
AU  - Ti-Ti Xie
AU  - Rui-Xue Chen
AU  - Ling Li
AU  - Miao Zhang
AU  - Xiao-Xian Yuan
PY  - 2016/06
DA  - 2016/06
TI  - Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells based on Carbon Nanofibers Counter Electrodes
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Advanced Material Engineering (AME 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 174
EP  - 177
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ame-16.2016.29
DO  - 10.2991/ame-16.2016.29
ID  - Wang2016/06
ER  -