A high performance cobalt sulfide counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

Robust counter electrodes from nanoporous NiM (M=Pt, Pd) alloys for dye-sensitized solar cells

“…2c are also provided to reconfirm the catalytic activity and charge-transfer ability. Two crucial parameters including J0 (exchange current density obtained from the tangent for anodic or cathodic branches, J0 = RT/nFRct) [22] and Jlim (limiting diffusion current density from the intersection of the cathodic branch with Y-axis, Jlim = 2nFCDn/l) [23] can be determined, as listed in Table 1. The extracted Rct and Dn follow the same order to that from EIS and CV characterizations, respectively.…”

Directly hydrothermal growth of antimony sulfide on conductive substrate as efficient counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

“…Recently, inorganic metal compounds based Pt-free catalysts for use in DSSCs developed rapidly, such as carbides [17][18][19][20][21][22][23], nitrides [24][25][26], oxides [27][28][29], sulfides [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] as well as selenides [38][39]. For example, Yang et al reported low cost Sn x S CE for DSSCs and demonstrated comparable power conversion efficiency to Pt [40].…”

Influence of monomer concentration during polymerization on performance and catalytic mechanism of resultant poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

“…However, the high cost, abundance deficiency, and corrosion in triiodide solution make Pt unsuitable for commercial purpose of DSSCs [3]. Therefore, many functional materials have been investigated for Pt-free counter electrodes, such as carbon materials [4], conducting polymers [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13], some metal-based inorganic compounds [14][15][16][17], and composite materials [18][19][20]. As a substituted polythiophene, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) has been widely studied due to its high conductivity, electrochemical stability, catalytic ability, and easy fabrication in large scale.…”