Tungsten Carbide Nanorods with Titanium dioxide Composite Counter Electrode: Effect of NMP to Enhanced Efficiency in Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC)

被引：2
作者：
Vijayakumar, P. [1 ]
Pandian, M. Senthil [1 ]
Ramasamy, P. [1 ]
机构：
[1] SSN Coll Engn, SSN Res Ctr, Madras 603110, Tamil Nadu, India
来源：
61ST DAE-SOLID STATE PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM | 2017年 / 1832卷
关键词：
Nanoscale materials and structures: Fabrication and characterization; Nanopowders; Electrodes; LOW-COST;
D O I：
10.1063/1.4980235
中图分类号：
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号：
070205 ;
摘要：
Tungsten carbide Nanorods / Titanium dioxide (WC NRs/TiO2) composite material was successfully prepared and used as a counter electrode (CE) in DSSC. The N-Methyl pyrrolidone (NMP) played a crucial role in determining the efficiency of a resultant counter eelctrode material. The structural and morphological analysis were confirmed by XRD and FESEM with EDS. The photovoltaic performance was evaluated under the simulated conditions AM 1.5 light intensity (100 mW/cm(2)). DSSC fabricated using WC NRs/TiO2 with NMP showed an efficiency (eta), which is compared with WC NRs/TiO2 with 2-propanol based DSSC (eta = 2.9%) The results concluded NMP is the suitable organic binder for counter electrode preparation.
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