Low cost platinum counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

Anastasiia Iefanova; Umesh Gautam; Prashant Poudel; Daren Davoux; Jeevan Nepal; Venkataiah Mallam; Qiquan Qiao; Brian Logue; Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745034

Low cost platinum counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

Anastasiia Iefanova, Umesh Gautam, Prashant Poudel, Daren Davoux, Jeevan Nepal, Venkataiah Mallam, Qiquan Qiao, Brian Logue, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi

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Abstract

A platinum counter-electrode (CE) was fabricated using spray-deposition method to provide efficient dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). This method uses over 86% less Pt compared to conventional Pt counter-electrode prepared by highly efficient sputter deposition method. The cost of this new counter-electrode is estimated to be only 0.11$/Wp. Moreover, this counter-electrode exhibits a high transparency, over 80% in visible and near infrared, along with high catalytic activity, comparable with that of the conventional Pt counter-electrode. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images show Pt nanoparticles varying in size from 5 nm to 70 nm distributed on transparent conducting oxide (TCO)/glass substrate. DSSCs based on this counter-electrode showed 6.17% power conversion efficiency, comparable to 6.46% efficiency of the corresponding reference DSSC with sputtered Pt counter-electrode.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	2716-2719
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781479932993
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745034
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013 - Tampa, FL, United States Duration: Jun 16 2013 → Jun 21 2013

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Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

Conference

Conference	39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Tampa, FL
Period	6/16/13 → 6/21/13

Keywords

Conductivity
Platinum
Resistance
Solar energy
Sputtering

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Iefanova, A., Gautam, U., Poudel, P., Davoux, D., Nepal, J., Mallam, V., Qiao, Q., Logue, B., & Baroughi, M. F. (2013). Low cost platinum counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells. In 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013 (pp. 2716-2719). Article 6745034 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745034

Low cost platinum counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells. / Iefanova, Anastasiia; Gautam, Umesh; Poudel, Prashant et al.
39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2013. p. 2716-2719 6745034 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Entry/Poem › Conference contribution

Iefanova, A, Gautam, U, Poudel, P, Davoux, D, Nepal, J, Mallam, V, Qiao, Q, Logue, B & Baroughi, MF 2013, Low cost platinum counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells. in 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013., 6745034, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 2716-2719, 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013, Tampa, FL, United States, 6/16/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745034

Iefanova A, Gautam U, Poudel P, Davoux D, Nepal J, Mallam V et al. Low cost platinum counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells. In 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2013. p. 2716-2719. 6745034. (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). doi: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745034

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