Inverse Opal Carbons for Counter Electrode of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
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- 作者：Da-Young Kang ; Youngshin Lee ; Chang-Yeol Cho ; Jun Hyuk Moon
- 刊名：Langmuir
- 出版年：2012
- 出版时间：May 1, 2012
- 年：2012
- 卷：28
- 期：17
- 页码：7033-7038
- 全文大小：316K
- 年卷期：v.28,no.17(May 1, 2012)
- ISSN：1520-5827
文摘
We investigated the fabrication of inverse opal carbon counter electrodes using a colloidal templating method for DSSCs. Specifically, bare inverse opal carbon, mesopore-incoporated inverse opal carbon, and graphitized inverse opal carbon were synthesized and stably dispersed in ethanol solution for spray coating on a FTO substrate. The thickness of the electrode was controlled by the number of coatings, and the average relative thickness was evaluated by measuring the transmittance spectrum. The effect of the counter electrode thickness on the photovoltaic performance of the DSSCs was investigated and analyzed by interfacial charge transfer resistance (RCT) under EIS measurement. The effect of the surface area and conductivity of the inverse opal was also investigated by considering the increase in surface area due to the mesopore in the inverse opal carbon and conductivity by graphitization of the carbon matrix. The results showed that the FF and thereby the efficiency of DSSCs were increased as the electrode thickness increased. Consequently, the larger FF and thereby the greater efficiency of the DSSCs were achieved for mIOC and gIOC compared to IOC, which was attributed to the lower RCT. Finally, compared to a conventional Pt counter electrode, the inverse opal-based carbon showed a comparable efficiency upon application to DSSCs.