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A Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotube Coated Flexible PVC Counter Electrode for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells
Author(s) -
Hashmi Syed Ghufran,
Halme Janne,
Ma Ying,
Saukkonen Tapio,
Lund Peter
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced materials interfaces
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.671
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 2196-7350
DOI - 10.1002/admi.201300055
Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , electrode , auxiliary electrode , dye sensitized solar cell , substrate (aquarium) , durability , solar cell , photovoltaic system , nanotube , nanotechnology , composite material , chemical engineering , optoelectronics , chemistry , engineering , electrolyte , ecology , oceanography , geology , biology
A single‐walled carbon nanotube coated PVC substrate is fabricated with a low temperature ink. This substrate exhibits remarkable mechanical durability, impressive charge transfer resistance (2.7 Ω cm 2 ) and similar photovoltaic performance compared to the traditional thermally platinized counter electrodes based dye sensitized solar cell when tested as nonmetallic catalyst loaded metal‐free counter electrode.