Porous, Platinum Nanoparticle-Adsorbed Carbon Nanotube Yarns for Efficient Fiber Solar Cells

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• 作者：Sen Zhang ; Chunyan Ji ; Zuqiang Bian ; Pingrong Yu ; Luhui Zhang ; Dianyi Liu ; Enzheng Shi ; Yuanyuan Shang ; Haitao Peng ; Qiao Cheng ; Dong Wang ; Chunhui Huang ; Anyuan Cao
• 刊名：ACS Nano
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：August 28, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：6
• 期：8
• 页码：7191-7198
• 全文大小：637K
• 年卷期：v.6,no.8(August 28, 2012)
• ISSN：1936-086X

文摘

Pt is a classical catalyst that has been extensively used in fuel cell and solar cell electrodes, owing to its high catalytic activity, good conductivity, and stability. In conventional fiber-shaped solar cells, solid Pt wires are usually adopted as the electrode material. Here, we report a Pt nanoparticle-adsorbed carbon nanotube yarn made by solution adsorption and yarn spinning processes, with uniformly dispersed Pt nanoparticles through the porous nanotube network. We have fabricated TiO₂-based dye-sensitized fiber solar cells with a Pt鈥搉anotube hybrid yarn as counter electrode and achieved a power conversion efficiency of 4.85% under standard illumination (AM1.5, 100 mW/cm²), comparable to the same type of fiber cells with a Pt wire electrode (4.23%). Adsorption of Pt nanoparticles within a porous nanotube yarn results in enhanced Pt鈥揺lectrolyte interfacial area and significantly reduced charge-transfer resistance across the electrolyte interface, compared to a pure nanotube yarn or Pt wire. Our porous Pt鈥搉anotube hybrid yarns have the potential to reduce the use of noble metals, lower the device weight, and improve the solar cell efficiency.

Keywords:

fiber solar cell; Pt nanoparticle; carbon nanotube yarn; adsorption; hybrid