Economical Pt-free catalysts for counter electrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3419-3428

  Wu, Mingxing ^a   Lin, Xiao ^a   Wang, Yudi ^a   Wang, Liang ^a   Guo, Wei ^a   Qi, Daidi ^a   Peng, Xiaojun ^a   Hagfeldt, Anders ^b   Grätzel, Michael ^c   Ma, Tingli ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIDE CATALYSTS; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; IN-SITU SYNTHESIS; MESOPOROUS CARBON; NANOSCALED; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PT CATALYSTS; REDOX COUPLE;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM CARBIDE; TITANIUM NITRIDE; TRANSITION METALS;

CATALYST REGENERATION;

CARBIDE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; ELECTROLYTE; METAL; NITRIDE DERIVATIVE; OXIDE; OXIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; COST; COUNTER ELECTRODE; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRODE; PHASE TRANSITION; POROSITY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84863116239     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja209657v     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. O'Regan, B.; Grätzel, M. Nature 1991, 353, 737-740
2. Grätzel, M. Nature 2001, 414, 338-344
3. Hagfeldt, A.; Boschloo, G.; Sun, L.; Kloo, L.; Pettersson, H. Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 6595-6663
4. Fang, X. M.; Ma, T. L.; Guan, G. Q.; Akiyama, M.; Kida, T.; Abe, E. J. Electroanal. Chem. 2004, 570, 257-263
5. Ma, T. L.; Fang, X. M.; Akiyama, M.; Inoue, K.; Noma, H.; Abe, E. J. Electroanal. Chem. 2004, 574, 77-83
6. Li, P.; Wu, J.; Lin, J.; Huang, M.; Lan, Z.; Li, Q. Electrochim. Acta 2008, 53, 4161-4166
7. Calogero, G.; Calandra, P.; Irrera, A.; Sinopoli, A.; Citro, I.; Di Marco, G. Energy Environ. Sci. 2011, 4, 1838-1844
8. Wang, L.; Wu, M. X.; Gao, Y. R.; Ma, T. L. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2011, 98 221102
9. Wang, M. K.; Chamberland, N.; Breau, J.; Moser, J.-E.; Humphry-Baker, R.; Marsan, B.; Zakeeruddin, S. M.; Grätzel, M. Nat. Chem. 2010, 2, 385-389
10. Feldt, S. M.; Gibson, E. A.; Gabrielsson, E.; Sun, L.; Boschloo, G.; Hagfeldt, A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 16714-16724
11. Yella, A.; Lee, H.-W.; Tsao, H. N.; Yi, C.; Chandiran, A. K.; Nazeeruddin, M. K.; Diau, E. W.-G.; Yeh, C.-Y.; Zakeeruddin, S. M.; Grätzel, M. Science 2011, 334, 629-634
12. Bashyam, E.; Zelenay, P. Nature 2006, 443, 63-66
13. Kay, A.; Grätzel, M. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 1996, 44, 99-117
14. Wu, M. X.; Lin, X.; Wang, T. H.; Qiu, J. S.; Ma, T. L. Energy Environ. Sci. 2011, 4, 2308-2315
15. Roy-Mayhew, J. D.; Bozym, D. J.; Punckt, C.; Aksay, I. A. ACS Nano 2010, 4, 6203-6211
16. Lee, K. M.; Hsu, C. Y.; Chen, P. Y.; Ikegami, M.; Miyasaka, T.; Ho, K. C. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2009, 11, 3375-3379
17. Tai, Q.; Chen, B.; Guo, F.; Xu, S.; Hu, H.; Sebo, B.; Zhao, X.-Z. ACS Nano 2011, 5, 3795-3799
18. Wang, M. K.; Anghel, A. M.; Marsan, B.; Ha, N. C.; Pootrakulchote, N.; Zakeeruddin, S. M.; Grätzel, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 15976-15977
19. Sun, H.; Qin, D.; Huang, S.; Guo, X.; Li, D.; Luo, Y.; Meng, Q. Energy Environ. Sci. 2011, 4, 2630-2637
20. Jiang, Q. W.; Li, G. R.; Liu, S.; Gao, X. P. J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 13397-13401
21. Hwu, H. H.; Chen, J. G. Chem. Rev. 2005, 105, 185-212
22. Levy, R. B.; Boudart, M. Science 1973, 181, 547-549
23. Rodrigues, J. A. J.; Cruz, G. M.; Bugli, G.; Boudart, M.; Djéga-Maridassou, G. Catal. Lett. 1997, 45, 1-3
24. Hara, Y.; Minami, N.; Matsumoto, H.; Itagaki, H. Appl. Catal., A 2007, 332, 289-296
25. Ganesan, R.; Lee, J. S. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 6557-6560
26. Tomchenko, A. A.; Emelianov, I. L.; Khatko, V. V. Sens. Actuators, B 1999, 57, 166-170
27. Liu, F.; Li, L.; Mo, F.; Chen, J.; Deng, S.; Xu, N. Cryst. Growth Des. 2010, 10, 5193-5199
28. Wu, M. X.; Lin, X.; Hagfeldt, A.; Ma, T. L. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 3520-3524
29. Wu, M. X.; Lin, X.; Hagfeldt, A.; Ma, T. L. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 4535-4537
30. Jang, J.; Ham, D.; Ramasamy, E.; Lee, J.; Lee, J. S. Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 8600-8602
31. Giordano, G.; Erpen, C.; Yao, W.; Milke, B.; Antonietti, M. Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 5136-5144
32. Li, G. R.; Wang, F.; Jiang, Q. W.; Gao, X. P.; Shen, P. W. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 3653-3656
33. Sudhagar, P.; Nagarajan, S.; Lee, Y.-G.; Song, D.; Son, T.; Cho, W.; Heo, M.; Lee, K.; Won, J.; Kang, Y. S. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2011, 3, 1838-1843
34. Wu, M. X.; Lin, X.; Wang, L.; Wang, Y. D.; Xiao, J. Q.; Hagfeldt, A.; Ma, T. J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 22598-22602
35. Alexander, A.-M.; Hargreaves, J. S. J. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2010, 39, 4388-4401
36. Bennett, L. H.; Cuthill, J. R.; McAlister, A. J.; Erickson, N. E. Science 1974, 184, 563-565
37. Houston, J. E.; Laramore, G. E.; Park, R. L. Science 1974, 185, 258-259
38. Bennett, L. H.; Cuthill, J. R.; McAlister, A. J.; Erickson, N. E. Science 1975, 187, 858-859
39. Kitchin, J. R.; Nørskov, J. K.; Barteau, M. A.; Chen, J. G. Catal. Today 2005, 105, 66-73
40. Oyama, S. T. Catal. Today 1992, 15, 179-200
41. Ramasamy, E.; Lee, W. J.; Lee, D. Y.; Song, J. S. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2007, 90 173103
42. Lin, X.; Wu, M. X.; Wang, Y. D.; Hagfeldt, A.; Ma, T. L. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 11489-11491
43. Ko, A.-R.; Oh, J.-K.; Lee, Y.-W.; Han, S.-B.; Park, K.-W. Mater. Lett. 2011, 65, 2220-2223
44. Ramasamy, E.; Lee, J. Carbon 2010, 48, 3715-3720
45. Nicholson, R. S. Anal. Chem. 1965, 37, 1351-1355
46. Olsen, E.; Hagen, G.; Lindquist, S. E. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 2000, 63, 267-273
47. Hauch, A.; Georg, A. Electrochim. Acta 2001, 46, 3457-3466