A free-standing aligned-carbon-nanotube/nanocomposite foil as an efficient counter electrode for dye solar cells

Energy and Environmental Science

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 8377-8383

  Malara, Francesco ^a   Manca, Michele ^b   Lanza, Maurizio ^c   Hübner, Christof ^d   Piperopoulos, Elpida ^e   Gigli, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY ICT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM FOIL; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HOT PRESSING; NANOCOMPOSITES;

CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; NANOCOMPOSITE PLATES; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; SOLAR CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE;

SOLAR CELLS;

CATALYSIS; COMPOSITE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYTE; FUEL CELL; FULLERENE; IODIDE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84864222210     PISSN: 17545692     EISSN: 17545706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2ee21569a     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. B. O'Regan M. Gratzel Nature 1991 353 6346 737 740
2. G. E. Tulloch J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 2004 164 1-3 209 219
3. E. Olsen G. Hagen S. Eric Lindquist Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 2000 63 3 267 273
4. A. Kay M. Grätzel Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 1996 44 1 99 117
5. B.-K. Koo D.-Y. Lee H.-J. Kim W.-J. Lee J.-S. Song H.-J. Kim J. Electroceram. 2006 17 1 79 82
6. G. Smestad C. Bignozzi R. Argazzi Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 1994 32 3 259 272
7. L. Chen W. Tan J. Zhang X. Zhou X. Zhang Y. Lin Electrochim. Acta 2010 55 11 3721 3726
8. X. Yin Z. Xue B. Liu J. Power Sources 2011 196 4 2422 2426
9. J. Nemoto M. Sakata T. Hoshi H. Ueno M. Kaneko J. Electroanal. Chem. 2007 599 1 23 30
10. M. Wang A. M. Anghel B. T. Marsan N.-L. Cevey ha N. Pootrakulchote S. M. Zakeeruddin M. Grätzel J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009 131 44 15976 15977
11. G. Wang S. Zhuo W. Xing Mater. Lett. 2012 69 0 27 29
12. P. Joshi Y. Xie M. Ropp D. Galipeau S. Bailey Q. Qiao Energy Environ. Sci. 2009 2 4 426 429
13. T. N. Murakami M. Grätzel Inorg. Chim. Acta 2008 361 3 572 580
14. Q. Li J. Wu Q. Tang Z. Lan P. Li J. Lin L. Fan Electrochem. Commun. 2008 10 9 1299 1302
15. W. Hong Y. Xu G. Lu C. Li G. Shi Electrochem. Commun. 2008 10 10 1555 1558
16. K.-M. Lee C.-Y. Hsu P.-Y. Chen M. Ikegami T. Miyasaka K.-C. Ho Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2009 11 18 3375 3379
17. J. Haiqing S. Sho K. Koichi Electrochem. Solid-State Lett. 2009 12 7 F13 F16
18. G.-r. Li F. Wang Q.-w. Jiang X.-p. Gao P.-w. Shen Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010 49 21 3653 3656
19. P. Joshi L. Zhang Q. Chen D. Galipeau H. Fong Q. Qiao ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2010 2 12 3572 3577
20. R. Easwaramoorthi L. Won Jae L. Dong Yoon S. Jae Sung Nanocarbon counterelectrode for dye sensitized solar cells Appl. Phys. Lett. 2007 90 17 173103
21. N. M. Takurou I. Seigo W. Qing N. Md. Khaja B. Takeru C. Ilkay L. Paul H.-B. Robin C. Pascal P. Peter G. Michael J. Electrochem. Soc. 2006 153 12 A2255 A2261
22. Z. Huang X. Liu K. Li D. Li Y. Luo H. Li W. Song L. Chen Q. Meng Electrochem. Commun. 2007 9 4 596 598
23. M. Wu X. Lin T. Wang J. Qiu T. Ma Energy Environ. Sci. 2011 4 6 2308 2315
24. K. Imoto K. Takahashi T. Yamaguchi T. Komura J.-i. Nakamura K. Murata Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 2003 79 4 459 469
25. D. Zhang X. Li S. Chen Z. Sun X. Jiang Yin S. Huang Microchim. Acta 2011 174 1 73 79
26. J. Han H. Kim D. Y. Kim S. M. Jo S.-Y. Jang ACS Nano 2010 4 6 3503 3509
27. P. L. McEuen M. S. Fuhrer P. Hongkun IEEE Trans. Nanotech. 2002 1 1 78 85
28. W. J. Lee E. Ramasamy D. Y. Lee J. S. Song ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2009 1 6 1145 1149
29. M. Xiaoguang et al. Nanotechnology 2010 21 39 395202
30. H. J. Choi J. E. Shin G.-W. Lee N.-G. Park K. Kim S. C. Hong Curr. Appl. Phys. 2010 10 2, Supplement 1 S165 S167
31. E. Ramasamy W. J. Lee D. Y. Lee J. S. Song Electrochem. Commun. 2008 10 7 1087 1089
32. K.-M. Lee W.-H. Chiu H.-Y. Wei C.-W. Hu V. Suryanarayanan W.-F. Hsieh K.-C. Ho Thin Solid Films 2010 518 6 1716 1721
33. J. Chen K. Li Y. Luo X. Guo D. Li M. Deng S. Huang Q. Meng Carbon 2009 47 11 2704 2708
34. J. G. Nam Y. J. Park B. S. Kim J. S. Lee Scr. Mater. 2010 62 3 148 150
35. K. Suzuki M. Yamaguchi M. Kumagai S. Yanagida Chem. Lett. 2003 32 1 28 29
36. J. S. Moon J. H. Park T. Y. Lee Y. W. Kim J. B. Yoo C. Y. Park J. M. Kim K. W. Jin Diamond Relat. Mater. 2005 14 11-12 1882 1887
37. F. Malara M. Manca L. De Marco P. Pareo G. Gigli ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2011 3 9 3625 3632
38. R. John Mater. Today 2007 10 1-2 36 43
39. Y. A. Kim T. Hayashi K. Osawa M. S. Dresselhaus M. Endo Chem. Phys. Lett. 2003 380 3-4 319 324
40. L. Cai J. L. Bahr Y. Yao J. M. Tour Chem. Mater. 2002 14 10 4235 4241
41. Y. Liu L. Liu P. Liu L. Sheng S. Fan Diamond Relat. Mater. 2004 13 9 1609 1613
42. J. E. Trancik S. C. Barton J. Hone Nano Lett. 2008 8 4 982 987
43. C. E. Banks T. J. Davies G. G. Wildgoose R. G. Compton Chem. Commun. 2005 829 841
44. C. E. Banks R. R. Moore T. J. Davies R. G. Compton Chem. Commun. 2004 1804 1805
45. K. Gong S. Chakrabarti L. Dai Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2008 47 29 5446 5450
46. J. N. Barisci G. G. Wallace D. R. MacFarlane R. H. Baughman Electrochem. Commun. 2004 6 1 22 27
47. B. Kastening M. Hahn J. Kremeskotter J. Electroanal. Chem. 1994 374 1-2 159 166
48. B. Kastening M. Hahn B. Rabanus M. Heins U. zum Felde Electrochim. Acta 1997 42 18 2789 2799
49. A. Hauch A. Georg Electrochim. Acta 2001 46 22 3457 3466
50. P. J. Cameron L. M. Peter S. M. Zakeeruddin M. Gratzel Coord. Chem. Rev. 2004 248 13-14 1447 1453
51. L. De Marco M. Manca R. Giannuzzi F. Malara G. Melcarne G. Ciccarella I. Zama R. Cingolani G. Gigli J. Phys. Chem. C 2010 114 9 4228 4236