High-performance plastic platinized counter electrode via photoplatinization technique for flexible dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 9596-9605

  Fu, Nian Qing ^a,b   Fang, Yan Yan ^a,b   Duan, Yan Dong ^a,b   Zhou, Xiao Wen ^a   Xiao, Xu Rui ^a   Lin, Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

electrocatalytic activity; flexible dye sensitized solar cell; optical transparency; photoplatinization; platinized electrodes

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FABRICATION PROCESS; FUNCTIONAL LAYER; HIGH-PERFORMANCE PLASTICS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MODIFIED LAYER; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOPLATINIZATION; POLYETHYLENE NAPHTHALATE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PRECURSOR SOLUTIONS; REAR SIDE; TIO; UV IRRADIATION;

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; IRRADIATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLASTIC COATINGS; PLATINUM; SUBSTRATES; TIN; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSPARENCY;

SOLAR CELLS;

COLORING AGENT; NANOMATERIAL; PLATINUM; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; LIGHT; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

COLORING AGENTS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLATINUM; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM;

EID: 84870440711     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn302944b     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. 2 Films Nature 1991, 353, 737-740
2. 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. Porphyrin-Sensitized Solar Cells with Cobalt (II/III)-Based Redox Electrolyte Exceed 12% Efficiency Science 2011, 334, 629-634
3. 2 Beads with High Surface Areas and Controllable Pore Sizes: A Superior Candidate for High-Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 2206-2210
4. Lindström, H.; Holmberg, A.; Magnusson, E.; Lindquist, S. E.; Malmqvist, L.; Hagfeldt, A. A New Method for Manufacturing Nanostructured Electrodes on Plastic Substrates Nano Lett. 2001, 1, 97-100
5. 2 Photoanode Chem. Commun. 2006, 38, 4004-4006
6. Fu, N. Q.; Xiao, X. R.; Zhou, X. W.; Zhang, J. B.; Lin, Y. Electrodeposition of Platinum on Plastic Substrates as Counter Electrodes for Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 2850-2857
7. Park, J. H.; Jun, Y.; Yun, H. G.; Lee, S. Y.; Kang, M. G. Fabrication of an Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell with Stainless Steel Substrate J. Electrochem. Soc. 2008, 155, F145-F149
8. 2 Nanotubes: Improved Conversion Efficiency in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 16454-16455
9. Yamaguchi, T.; Tobe, N.; Matsumoto, D.; Nagai, T.; Arakawa, H. Highly Efficient Plastic-Substrate Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Validated Conversion Efficiency of 7.6% Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 2010, 94, 812-816
10. Hauch, A.; Georg, A. Diffusion in the Electrolyte and Charge-transfer Reaction at the Platinum Electrode in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Electrochim. Acta 2001, 46, 3457-3466
11. Ramasamy, E.; Lee, J. Large-Pore Sized Mmesoporous Carbon Electrocatalyst for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 2136-2138
12. Chen, J. K.; Li, K. X.; Luo, Y. H.; Guo, X. Z.; Li, D. M.; Deng, M. H.; Huang, S. Q.; Meng, Q. B. A Flexible Carbon Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Carbon 2009, 47, 2704-2708
13. Wu, M. X.; Lin, X.; Wang, T. H.; Qiu, J. S.; Ma, T. L. Low-Cost Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Based on Nine Kinds of Carbon Counter Electrodes Energy Environ. Sci. 2011, 4, 2308-2315
14. Roy-Mayhew, J. D.; Bozym, D. J.; Punckt, C.; Aksay, I. A. Functionalized Graphene as a Catalytic Counter Electrode in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells ACS Nano 2010, 4, 6203-6211
15. Pringle, J. M.; Armel, V.; MacFarlane, D. R. Electrodeposited PEDOT-on-Plastic Cathodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 5367-5369
16. Tai, Q. D.; Chen, B. L.; Guo, F.; Xu, S.; Hu, H.; Sebo, B.; Zhao, X. Z. In Situ Prepared Transparent Polyaniline Electrode and Its Application in Bifacial Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells ACS Nano 2011, 5, 3795-3799
17. Wang, M. K.; Anghel, A. M.; Marsan, B.; Ha, N. L. C.; Pootrakulchote, N.; Zakeeruddin, S. M.; Grätzel, M. CoS Supersedes Pt as Efficient Electrocatalyst for Triiodide Reduction in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 15976-15977
18. Li, G. R.; Wang, F.; Jiang, Q. W.; Gao, X. P.; Shen, P. W. Carbon Nanotubes with Titanium Nitride as A Low-Cost Counter-Electrode Material for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 3653-3656
19. 2 Nanorod for the Counter Electrode of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 4535-4537
20. Ito, S.; Zakeeruddin, S. M.; Comte, P.; Liska, P.; Kuang, D.; Grätzel, M. Bifacial Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on an Ionic Liquid Electrolyte Nat. Photonics 2008, 2, 693-698
21. Peng, S. J.; Liang, J.; Mhaisalkar, S. G.; Ramakrishna, S. In Situ Synthesis of Platinum/Polyaniline Composite Counter Electrodes for Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 5308-5311
22. Kalyanasundaram, K. Dye Sensitized Solar Cells; EPFL Press & CRC Press: Lausanne, Switzerland, 2010.
23. Kavan, L.; Yum, J. H.; Grätzel, M. Optically Transparent Cathode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Graphene Nanoplatelets ACS Nano 2011, 5, 165-172
24. Papageorgiou, N.; Maier, W. F.; Grätzel, M. An Iodine/Triiodide Reduction Electrocatalyst for Aqueous and Organic Media J. Electrochem. Soc. 1997, 144, 876-884
25. Liang, H. W.; Cao, X.; Zhou, F.; Cui, C. H.; Zhang, W. J.; Yu, S. H. A Free-Standing Pt-Nanowire Membrane as a Highly Stable Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, 1467-1471
26. Lee, Y. L.; Chen, C. L.; Chong, L. W.; Chen, C. H.; Liu, Y. F.; Chi, C. F. A Platinum Counter Electrode with High Electrochemical Activity and High Transparency for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Electrochem. Commun. 2010, 12, 1662-1665
27. Sun, K.; Fan, B. H.; Ouyang, J. Y. Nanostructured Platinum Films Deposited by Polyol Reduction of a Platinum Precursor and Their Application as Counter Electrode of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 4237-4244
28. Chen, L. L.; Tan, W. W.; Zhang, J. B.; Zhou, X. W.; Zhang, X. L.; Lin, Y. Fabrication of High Performance Pt Counter Electrodes on Conductive Plastic Substrate for Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Electrochim. Acta 2010, 55, 3721-3726
29. Kim, S. S.; Nah, Y. C.; Noh, Y. Y.; Jo, J.; Kim, D. Y. Electrodeposited Pt for Cost-Efficient and Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Electrochim. Acta 2006, 51, 3814-3819
30. Yin, X.; Xue, Z. S.; Liu, B. Electrophoretic Deposition of Pt Nanoparticles on Plastic Substrates as Counter Electrode for Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Power Sources 2011, 196, 2422-2426
31. 2 on the Anoxic Photocatalytic Degradation Pathways of Alkylamines in Water: Dealkylation and N-Alkylation Environ. Sci. Technol. 2004, 38, 4026-4033
32. 2 Film with Both Photocatalytic and Non-Photocatalytic Activities towards the Oxidation of Formic Acid Appl. Catal., A 2004, 275, 55-60
33. 2: A Time-Resolved Infrared Absorption Study J. Phys. Chem. B 2001, 105, 7258-7262
34. 2 Thin Film at Low Temperature and Its Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Solid State Electrochem. 2009, 13, 651-656
35. 2 Electrodes for Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using an Electrospray Process ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2012, 4, 3308-3315
36. Alam, M. J.; Cameron, D. C. Optical and Electrical Properties of Transparent Conductive ITO Thin Films Deposited by Sol-Gel Process Thin Solid Films 2000, 377, 455-459
37. Teranishi, T.; Hosoe, M.; Tanaka, T.; Miyake, M. Size Control of Monodispersed Pt Nanoparticles and Their 2D Organization by Electrophoretic Deposition J. Phys. Chem. B 1999, 103, 3818-3827
38. 2 Thin Film Langmuir 2008, 24, 13225-13230
39. 2-Film Deposition on FTO-Coated ITO Conductive Oxide in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Mater. Chem. 2010, 20, 4392-4398
40. Bard, A. J. Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals and Applications; Faulkner, L. R., Ed.; Wiley: New York, 2001; pp 8-9.
41. Lin, L. Y.; Nien, P. C.; Lee, C. P.; Tsai, K. W.; Yeh, M. H.; Vittal, R.; Ho, K. C. Low-Temperature Flexible Photoanode and Net-Like Pt Counter Electrode for Improving the Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 21808-21815
42. Snaith, H. J.; Schmidt-Mende, L.; Grätzel, M. Light Intensity, Temperature, and Thickness Dependence of the Open-Circuit Voltage in Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Phys. Rev. B 2006, 74, 045306