Effect of synthetic quartz nanoparticle-supported counter electrode on dye-sensitized solar cell

Shigeki Kuroiwa; Atsushi Kyan; Tomoko Ito; Nobuaki Komatsu; Takuya Nakanishi; Tetsuya Osaka

doi:10.5796/electrochemistry.82.165

Effect of synthetic quartz nanoparticle-supported counter electrode on dye-sensitized solar cell

Shigeki Kuroiwa, Atsushi Kyan, Tomoko Ito, Nobuaki Komatsu, Takuya Nakanishi, Tetsuya Osaka^*

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Abstract

We fabricated dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) with synthetic quartz nanoparticle (SQNP)-supported Pt/fluorine doped tin oxide counter electrodes to utilize an adsorptive capacity of synthetic quartz. The amperage of I ₃^- reduction was 1.6 times higher with SQNP than that without SQNP. SQNP also improved the photocurrent density-voltage characteristics and the incident photon to current conversion efficiency spectra in the visible region. These suggest that SQNP enhances the I₃ ^- reduction activity on the counter electrode and the electron transfer to the photoanode. The SQNP-supported counter electrode is expected to be useful to raise the efficiency of a DSSC.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	165-167
Number of pages	3
Journal	Electrochemistry
Volume	82
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5796/electrochemistry.82.165
Publication status	Published - 2014 Mar

Keywords

Dye-sensitized solar cell
Nanoparticle
Synthetic quartz

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