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Carbon nanotubes due to their catalytic properties are a promising alternative to platinum counter electrodes (CE) for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). In this study, counter electrodes were made from double-walled carbon nanotube (DWCNT) ink using the spray printing technique and afterwards thermally treated at temperatures ranging from 120 to 300 °C. Morphology and structure was studied using scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. DSSCs were constructed from titanium dioxide photoanodes and DWCNT counter electrodes cured at different temperature conditions. The current-voltage characteristics of DSSCs and their impedance spectra recorded under illumination have been studied and compared. The photoconversion efficiency (PCE) of solar cell reached a maximum value of 4.59% when the carbon layer was thermally treated at 300 °C and is higher than that registered for devices with a standard platinum counter electrode.
Authors (7)
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Katatrzyna SiuzdaK dr inż.
- Instytut Maszyn Przepływowych PAN Ośrodek Techniki Plazmowej i Laserowej
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Miroslaw Sawczak
- Instytut Maszyn Przepływowych PAN Ośrodek Techniki Plazmowej i Laserowej
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Grzegorz Wróblewski mgr inż.
- Politechnika Warszawska Instytut Metrologii i Inżynierii Biomedycznej
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Marcin Słoma
- Politechnika Warszawska Instytut Metrologii i Inżynierii Biomedycznej
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Małgorzata Jakubowska prof.
- Politechnika Warszawska Instytut Metrologii i Inżynierii Biomedycznej
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Adam Cenian
- Instytut Maszyn Przepływowych PAN Ośrodek Techniki Plazmowej i Laserowej
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- Category:
- Conference activity
- Type:
- publikacja w wydawnictwie zbiorowym recenzowanym (także w materiałach konferencyjnych)
- Title of issue:
- Official Proceedings of Microtherm 2015 strony 192 - 197
- Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Bibliographic description:
- Siuzdak K., Klein M., Sawczak M., Wróblewski G., Słoma M., Jakubowska M., Cenian A.: Spray deposited carbon nanotubes counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells// Official Proceedings of Microtherm 2015/ ed. Jacek Podgórski Łódź: Lodz University of technology, 2015, s.192-197
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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