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Cover Feature: Towards Long‐Term Thermal Stability of Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells Using Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes (ChemPlusChem 7/2018)
Author(s) -
Mohammadnezhad Mahyar,
Selopal Gurpreet Singh,
Wang Zhiming M.,
Stansfield Barry,
Zhao Haiguang,
Rosei Federico
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chempluschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.801
H-Index - 61
ISSN - 2192-6506
DOI - 10.1002/cplu.201800291
Subject(s) - dye sensitized solar cell , anode , carbon nanotube , thermal stability , materials science , cover (algebra) , thermal , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , carbon fibers , composite material , chemistry , electrode , meteorology , electrolyte , mechanical engineering , physics , composite number , engineering
The cover feature shows the effect of incorporating multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on the thermal stability of dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). DSSCs based on a TiO 2 –MWCNTs hybrid anode exhibit improved thermal stability, with only a 20 % loss in photoconversion efficiency (PCE), whereas cells fabricated with a bare TiO 2 anode show 59 % loss in PCE, after aging at 80 °C for 240 h. These results provide a simple, straightforward and cost‐effective way to improve the long‐term stability of DSSCs. Details are given in the Full Paper by M. Mohammadnezhad and co‐workers on page 682 in Issue 7, 2018 (DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201800046).