Highly Efficient Platinum Free Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Silver Nanocomposites as Counter Electrode for Dye Sensitized Solar Cell

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (9) ◽  
pp. 1863-1869 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bikash Chandra Nath ◽  
Dhaneswar Das ◽  
Jabbor Basumatary ◽  
Gazi Ameen Ahmed ◽  
Swapan Kumar Dolui
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Counter Electrode ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cell ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Silver Nanocomposites ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Preparation of CNT Counter Electrode by Electrophoresis for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell

2017 ◽  
Vol 870 ◽  
pp. 465-469
Author(s):  
Kazuaki Tamiya ◽  
Kanta Sugii ◽  
Kozo Taguchi
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Electrophoretic Deposition ◽  
Organic Material ◽  
Counter Electrode ◽  
Large Surface Area ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cell ◽  
Dye Sensitized

Carbon nanotubes are one of the materials that can replace platinum as DSSC’s counter electrode. By utilizing carbon nanotubes (CNT), which is an organic material in place of platinum it is possible to create an inexpensive solar cell. However, there are still many problems with CNT such as low conversion compared with platinum and fast degradation in CNT. At the present time, it is to be large surface area when we fabricate CNT electrode sintered at 500°C with Electrophoretic Deposition (EPD). We measured how conversion efficiency changed by changing sintering temperatures. As a result, when CNT electrode sintered at 500°C, conversion efficiency was the highest and it was 2.46%.

A mesoscopic platinized graphite/carbon black counter electrode for a highly efficient monolithic dye-sensitized solar cell

2012 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 334-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guanghui Liu ◽  
Heng Wang ◽  
Xiong Li ◽  
Yaoguang Rong ◽  
Zhiliang Ku ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Carbon Black ◽  
Counter Electrode ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cell ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Highly Efficient

Design of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell by Inserting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

2012 ◽  
Vol 622-623 ◽  
pp. 939-944
Author(s):  
Reza Yadipour ◽  
Karim Abbasian ◽  
Bita Azemoodeh Afshar ◽  
Ali Rostami
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Electron Pair ◽  
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Energy Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cell ◽  
Dye Molecules ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

In this paper, a solid-state dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) based on carbon nanotubes by inserting N719 dye molecules has been designed for operating at 300oK and 330oK temperatures. The role of carbon nanotubes as hole and electron conducting agents and dye molecules as absorber of solar radiation and hole-electron pair producing agents has been discussed. After inserting N719 dye, parameters of the cell such as absorption coefficient of both layers (ZNO+SWNT, P3HT+SWNT), current density of solar cell , internal and external quantum efficiency of P3HT+SWNT layer have been obtained at 300oK and 330oK, numerically. Then, improvement value of energy conversion efficiency of the cell has been compared after inserting carbon nanotubes.

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