Wurtzite copper-zinc-tin sulfide as a superior counter electrode material for dye-sensitized solar cells

Wurtzite and kesterite Cu(2)ZnSnS(4) (CZTS) nanocrystals were employed as counter electrode (CE) materials for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Compared to kesterite CZTS, the wurtzite CZTS exhibited higher electrocatalytic activity for catalyzing reduction of iodide electrolyte and better conduc...

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Autores principales: Kong, Jun, Zhou, Zheng-Ji, Li, Mei, Zhou, Wen-Hui, Yuan, Sheng-Jie, Yao, Rong-Yue, Zhao, Yang, Wu, Si-Xin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2013
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Nano Express
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4228334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24191954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-464
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author Kong, Jun
Zhou, Zheng-Ji
Li, Mei
Zhou, Wen-Hui
Yuan, Sheng-Jie
Yao, Rong-Yue
Zhao, Yang
Wu, Si-Xin
author_facet Kong, Jun
Zhou, Zheng-Ji
Li, Mei
Zhou, Wen-Hui
Yuan, Sheng-Jie
Yao, Rong-Yue
Zhao, Yang
Wu, Si-Xin
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description Wurtzite and kesterite Cu(2)ZnSnS(4) (CZTS) nanocrystals were employed as counter electrode (CE) materials for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Compared to kesterite CZTS, the wurtzite CZTS exhibited higher electrocatalytic activity for catalyzing reduction of iodide electrolyte and better conductivity. Accordingly, the DSSC with wurtzite CZTS CE generated higher power conversion efficiency (6.89%) than that of Pt (6.23%) and kesterite CZTS (4.89%) CEs.
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spelling pubmed-42283342014-11-14 Wurtzite copper-zinc-tin sulfide as a superior counter electrode material for dye-sensitized solar cells Kong, Jun Zhou, Zheng-Ji Li, Mei Zhou, Wen-Hui Yuan, Sheng-Jie Yao, Rong-Yue Zhao, Yang Wu, Si-Xin Nanoscale Res Lett Nano Express Wurtzite and kesterite Cu(2)ZnSnS(4) (CZTS) nanocrystals were employed as counter electrode (CE) materials for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Compared to kesterite CZTS, the wurtzite CZTS exhibited higher electrocatalytic activity for catalyzing reduction of iodide electrolyte and better conductivity. Accordingly, the DSSC with wurtzite CZTS CE generated higher power conversion efficiency (6.89%) than that of Pt (6.23%) and kesterite CZTS (4.89%) CEs. Springer 2013-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4228334/ /pubmed/24191954 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-464 Text en Copyright © 2013 Kong 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.
spellingShingle Nano Express
Kong, Jun
Zhou, Zheng-Ji
Li, Mei
Zhou, Wen-Hui
Yuan, Sheng-Jie
Yao, Rong-Yue
Zhao, Yang
Wu, Si-Xin
Wurtzite copper-zinc-tin sulfide as a superior counter electrode material for dye-sensitized solar cells
title Wurtzite copper-zinc-tin sulfide as a superior counter electrode material for dye-sensitized solar cells
title_full Wurtzite copper-zinc-tin sulfide as a superior counter electrode material for dye-sensitized solar cells
title_fullStr Wurtzite copper-zinc-tin sulfide as a superior counter electrode material for dye-sensitized solar cells
title_full_unstemmed Wurtzite copper-zinc-tin sulfide as a superior counter electrode material for dye-sensitized solar cells
title_short Wurtzite copper-zinc-tin sulfide as a superior counter electrode material for dye-sensitized solar cells
title_sort wurtzite copper-zinc-tin sulfide as a superior counter electrode material for dye-sensitized solar cells
topic Nano Express
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4228334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24191954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-464
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