Carbon microspheres via microwave-assisted synthesis as counter electrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells

Hengchao Sun; Taiqiang Chen; Yong Liu; Xian Hou; Li Zhang; Guang Zhu; Zhuo Sun; Likun Pan

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2015.01.016

Carbon microspheres via microwave-assisted synthesis as counter electrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells

Hengchao Sun
, Taiqiang Chen
, Yong Liu
, Xian Hou
, Li Zhang
, Guang Zhu^*
, Zhuo Sun
, Likun Pan

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Carbon microspheres (CSs) were successfully fabricated and used as counter electrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). CSs were obtained through a fast microwave-assisted approach using sucrose as the precursor in a microwave system and subsequent thermal treatment at 600, 800 and 1000°C. A maximum photovoltaic conversion efficiency of 5.5% is achieved for DSSCs based on the CSs counter electrodes, which is comparable to the cell based on conventional Pt counter electrode at one sun (AM 1.5G, 100mWcm^-2). The results suggest the CSs to be a potential candidate for counter electrodes of DSSCs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	326-329
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Volume	445
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2015.01.016
State	Published - 1 May 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Carbon microspheres
Counter electrodes
Dye-sensitized solar cells
Microwave-assisted synthesis

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Carbon microspheres via microwave-assisted synthesis as counter electrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells

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