Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube-based bilayer thin film as transparent counter electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs)

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Chan-Park, Mary B., Tantang, Hosea, Kyaw, Aung Ko Ko, Zhao, Yu, Hu, Zheng, Li, Lain-Jong, Sun, Xiaowei, Zhang, Qichun, Tok, Alfred Iing Yoong
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2013
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96130; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12945
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been widely considered as one of the promising candidates for replacing fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO)/platinum (Pt) electrodes to reduce the fabrication cost of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Here, we report that a bilayer transparent film containing N-doped CNTs (which are highly catalytic) and normal CNTs (which are highly conductive) as a counter electrode in DSSCs results in efficiencies up to 2.18 %, yet still maintains a good transparency with a transmittance of approximately 57 % at 550 nm.