Growth of well graphitized MWCNTs over novel 3D cubic bimetallic KIT-6 towards the development of an efficient counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells
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Growth of well graphitized MWCNTs over novel 3D cubic
bimetallic KIT-6 towards the development of an efficient
counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells
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| Creator |
Balamurugan, J.
Pandurangan, A. Thangamuthu, R. |
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| Subject |
Nanotechnology
Electrochemical Materials Science |
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| Description |
The well graphitized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been effectively synthesized
over ordered 3D cubic bimetallic Fe–Co-KIT-6. The synthesized MWCNTs have
been successfully fabricated onto transparent conducting oxide glass and implemented
as efficient low-cost, platinum-free counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs),
attributing notably improved electrocatalytic activity towards iodide/tri-iodide ðI�=I�
3 Þ
redox transport over conventional Pt counter electrode. Impressively, device with
MWCNTs counter electrode demonstrates a high fill factor of 0.79 and power conversion
efficiency up to 9.56%, which is higher than 0.78 and 9.34% for that with a conventional
Pt counter electrode. Moreover, the synthesized MWCNTs counter electrode produces a
charge transfer resistance of only 2.99 X cm2 towards aqueous I�=I�
3 redox electrolyte,
which are several orders of magnitude lower than that of a typical Pt counter electrode
(3.57 X cm2). Therefore, the synthesized MWCNTs counter electrode is believed to be a
versatile candidate for further improvement of the power conversion efficiency of iodine
redox couple based DSSCs
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Elsevier
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| Date |
2013
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Article
PeerReviewed |
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application/pdf
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http://cecri.csircentral.net/3040/1/047-2013.pdf
Balamurugan, J. and Pandurangan, A. and Thangamuthu, R. (2013) Growth of well graphitized MWCNTs over novel 3D cubic bimetallic KIT-6 towards the development of an efficient counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells. Organic Electronics, 14. pp. 1833-1843. |
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http://www.elsevier.com/locate/orgel
http://cecri.csircentral.net/3040/ |
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