Electrodeposited Pt for cost-efficient and flexible dye-sensitized solar cells

被引:186
作者
Kim, Seok-Soon [1 ]
Nah, Yoon-Chae [1 ]
Noh, Yong-Young [1 ]
Jo, Jang [1 ]
Kim, Dong-Yu [1 ]
机构
[1] Gwangju Inst Sci & Technol, Ctr Frontier Mat, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Kwangju 500712, South Korea
关键词
dye-sensitized solar cell; counter electrode; pulse current electrodeposition; active surface area;
D O I
10.1016/j.electacta.2005.10.047
中图分类号
O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];
学科分类号
081704 ;
摘要
Pt electrodes were prepared by direct and pulse current electrodeposition for use as counter electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells. Scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope images confirmed the formation of uniform Pt nanoclusters of similar to 40 nm composed of 3 nm nanoparticles, when the pulse current electrodeposition method was used, as opposed to the dendritic growth of Pt by the results from direct current electrodeposition. By applying pulse electrodeposited Pt which has a 1.86 times higher surface area compared to direct current electrodeposited Pt, short-circuit current and conversion efficiency were increased from 10.34 to 14.11 mA/cm(2) and from 3.68 to 5.03%, respectively. In addition, a flexible solar cell with a pulse current electrodeposited Pt counter electrode with a conversion efficiency of 0.86% was demonstrated. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:3814 / 3819
页数:6
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