Fabrication of high performance Pt counter electrodes on conductive plastic substrate for flexible dye-sensitized solar cells

Review on the recent progress of carbon counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

“…Pt is commonly used as counter electrode material due to its outstanding electrical conductivity and catalytic properties, but the high cost and corrosive properties in the electrolyte of Pt hindered its practical application in the long-term DSSC device [16][17][18][19]. Currently, the hot issues are to seek for the economical and highly catalytic materials to replace Pt for the sustainable development.…”

Dye sensitized solar cells on paper substrates

“…Flexible DSSC draw great attention due to its advantages in commercial applications. Flexible TiO 2 DSSCs on indium tin oxide (ITO) coated plastic film [11,12], steel foil [13] and Ti foil [14] have been achieved. However, the cost of these flexible substrates is even much higher than that of FTO glasses.…”

Fabrication and performance of the Pt-Ru/Ni-P/FTO counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

“…In order to cut down the cost of DSSC, noble metal Pt is often deposited on various substrate materials, such as FTO or ITO glasses [17][18][19], metals [20], and some flexible substrates [21]. Compared with pure Pt, FTO glasses possess large sheet resistance (10 / ) and low light reflectance.…”