Carbon nanohorn-based electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cells

Fabian Lodermeyer; Rubén D. Costa; Rubén Casillas; Florian T.U. Kohler; Peter Wasserscheid; Maurizio Prato; Dirk M. Guldi

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Carbon nanohorn-based electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cells

Fabian Lodermeyer, Rubén D. Costa^*, Rubén Casillas, Florian T.U. Kohler, Peter Wasserscheid, Maurizio Prato, Dirk M. Guldi

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Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering

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Abstract

For the first time, carbon nanohorns were implemented into solid-state electrolytes for highly efficient solid-state and quasi-solid-state DSSCs. They feature an effective catalytic behavior towards the reduction of I₃^- and enhance the I₃^- diffusivity in the electrolyte. In a final device, solar cells with 7.84% efficiency at room temperature were achieved. As a matter of fact, this is the highest reported efficiency for nanocarbon-based electrolytes up to date.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	241-246
Number of pages	6
Journal	Energy and Environmental Science
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ee02037e
Publication status	Published - 2015 Jan 1

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