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A Soft‐Template‐Conversion Route to Fabricate Nanopatterned Hybrid Pt/Carbon for Potential Use in Counter Electrodes of Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells
Author(s) -
Jang Yu Jin,
Jang Yoon Hee,
Quan Li Na,
Kim HoCheol,
Pyo Seungmoon,
Kim Dong Ha
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.201300333
Subject(s) - materials science , electrode , auxiliary electrode , template , carbon fibers , energy conversion efficiency , nanotechnology , dye sensitized solar cell , platinum , thin film , hybrid material , energy transformation , catalysis , chemical engineering , optoelectronics , chemistry , composite material , composite number , organic chemistry , electrolyte , physics , thermodynamics , engineering
Hybrid Pt(platinum)/carbon nanopatterns with an extremely low loading level of Pt catalysts derived from block copolymer templates as an alternative type of counter electrodes (CEs) in dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are proposed. DSSCs employing hybrid Pt/carbon with tailored configuration as CEs exhibit higher short‐circuit current and conversion efficiencies as well as stability with a lapse of time compared with conventional cells on the basis of sputtered Pt thin films, evidencing that the new class of hybrid nanostructures possess high potential for cost‐effective electrodes in energy conversion devices.