Citation: Nan-Song LIU, Xiao-He JI, Hua ZHANG. Mesoporous Carbon-Carbon Nanotube-Copper Sulfide Composite Counter Electrodes: Synthesis and Application in Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2021, 37(9): 1606-1612. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.2021.176 shu

Mesoporous Carbon-Carbon Nanotube-Copper Sulfide Composite Counter Electrodes: Synthesis and Application in Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells

Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China

Corresponding author: Hua ZHANG, zhanghjy@ecust.edu.cn
Received Date: 14 March 2021
Revised Date: 3 June 2021

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Mesoporous carbon (MC), carbon nanotube (CNT) and MC-CNT binary counter electrodes prepared with different MC/CNT weight ratios (m_MC/m_CNT) were first studied on the power conversion efficiencies (PCE). Further, CuS nanomaterials pre-prepared through hydrothermal method were added into, and then MC-CNT-CuS ternary counter electrodes were synthesized. The influence of CuS content as well as film thickness on the efficiency was also probed. The experimental results showed that when m_MC/m_CNT=3/2, the synergistic effect of the two carbon materials reached the maximum, resulting in the highest PCE of 12.69% for the binary MC-CNT counter electrode. The PCE after incorporation of 0.4 g CuS was improved to the highest value of 13.18% when the counter electrode was screen printed five times.
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