WB crystals with oxidized surface as counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells

被引:12
作者
Pan, Jian [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Zhen, Chao [1 ]
Wang, Lianzhou [2 ,3 ]
Liu, Gang [1 ]
Cheng, Hui-Ming [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Shenyang Natl Lab Mat Sci, Inst Met Res, Shenyang 110016, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Queensland, ARC Ctr Excellence Funct Nanomat, Sch Chem Engn, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
[3] Univ Queensland, AIBN, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Counter electrode; Tungsten boride; Dye-sensitized solar cell; Tungsten oxide; LOW-COST; TRIIODIDE REDUCTION; CATALYTIC-ACTIVITY; PERFORMANCE; HYDROGEN; EVOLUTION; STRATEGY; CARBIDE; WO3;
D O I
10.1016/j.scib.2017.01.005
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Tungsten boride (WB) crystals, whose surface tends to be oxidized when exposed to air, were demonstrated to have a comparable activity to platinum as counter electrode material in dye-sensitized solar cells. The synergistic effect of both catalytically active surface layer WOx and electronically conductive internal WB is considered to be responsible for the high activity of the WB crystals. (C) 2017 Science China Press. Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science China Press. All rights reserved.
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页码:114 / 118
页数:5
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