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A study of TiO(2)/carbon black composition as counter electrode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells

This study describes a systematic approach of TiO(2)/carbon black nanoparticles with respect to the loading amount in order to optimize the catalytic ability of triiodide reduction for dye-sensitized solar cells. In particular, the cell using an optimized TiO(2) and carbon black electrode presents a...

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Autores principales: Lim, Jeongmin, Ryu, Sang Yeoul, Kim, Jeonghun, Jun, Yongseok
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3665677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23672498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-227
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author Lim, Jeongmin
Ryu, Sang Yeoul
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description This study describes a systematic approach of TiO(2)/carbon black nanoparticles with respect to the loading amount in order to optimize the catalytic ability of triiodide reduction for dye-sensitized solar cells. In particular, the cell using an optimized TiO(2) and carbon black electrode presents an energy conversion efficiency of 7.4% with a 5:1 ratio of a 40-nm TiO(2) to carbon black. Based on the electrochemical analysis, the charge-transfer resistance of the carbon counter electrode changed based on the carbon black powder content. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry study show lower resistance compared to the Pt counter electrode. The obtained nanostructures and photo electrochemical study were characterized.
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spelling pubmed-36656772013-06-03 A study of TiO(2)/carbon black composition as counter electrode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells Lim, Jeongmin Ryu, Sang Yeoul Kim, Jeonghun Jun, Yongseok Nanoscale Res Lett Nano Express This study describes a systematic approach of TiO(2)/carbon black nanoparticles with respect to the loading amount in order to optimize the catalytic ability of triiodide reduction for dye-sensitized solar cells. In particular, the cell using an optimized TiO(2) and carbon black electrode presents an energy conversion efficiency of 7.4% with a 5:1 ratio of a 40-nm TiO(2) to carbon black. Based on the electrochemical analysis, the charge-transfer resistance of the carbon counter electrode changed based on the carbon black powder content. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry study show lower resistance compared to the Pt counter electrode. The obtained nanostructures and photo electrochemical study were characterized. Springer 2013-05-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3665677/ /pubmed/23672498 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-227 Text en Copyright ©2013 Lim et al.; licensee Springer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kim, Jeonghun
Jun, Yongseok
A study of TiO(2)/carbon black composition as counter electrode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells
title A study of TiO(2)/carbon black composition as counter electrode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells
title_full A study of TiO(2)/carbon black composition as counter electrode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells
title_fullStr A study of TiO(2)/carbon black composition as counter electrode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells
title_full_unstemmed A study of TiO(2)/carbon black composition as counter electrode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells
title_short A study of TiO(2)/carbon black composition as counter electrode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells
title_sort study of tio(2)/carbon black composition as counter electrode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells
topic Nano Express
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3665677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23672498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-227
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