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The optimisation of dye sensitised solar cell working electrodes for graphene and SWCNTs containing quasi-solid state electrolytes
Date Issued
2014-12
Date Available
2014-10-22T14:27:37Z
Abstract
In this study, we report improved power conversion efficiencies of various carbon based quasi-solid state electrolytes/DSSCs by optimising the thickness of TiO2 layer, incorporation of TiO2 scattering layer and application of dense compact surface layers of TiO2 on working electrodes. Single wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) based quasi-solid state electrolytes showed increased power conversion efficiencies from 1.43% to 3.49%. For the mixture of graphene and SWCNTs the power conversion efficiencies improved from 2.50% to 2.93%. However, graphene based quasi-solid state electrolytes displayed small decreases in power conversion efficiencies from 2.10% to 1.96% due to the more viscous nature of this electrolyte. Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) demonstrated that the addition of these various carbon based nanomaterials into PMII significantly decreases the charge transfer resistance at the counter electrode and hence the much better performance obtained with carbon based quasi-solid state electrolytes compared to pure PMII based DSSCs.
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Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology
Science Foundation Ireland
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European Union
Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal
Solar Energy
Volume
110
Issue
2014
Start Page
239
End Page
246
Copyright (Published Version)
2014 Elsevier
Language
English
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Peer reviewed
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