Doubly extended catalytic surface formed by electrodeposition in solid state dye-sensitized solar cells employing polymer electrolyte

Donghoon Song; Jun Jung Kim; Woohyung Cho; Tea-Yon Kim; Jung Hyun Lee; Young Rae Kim; Dongmin Jeong; Byung Su Kim; Wei Wei; Yong Soo Kang

Macromolecular Research, Vol.23, No.8, 705-708, August, 2015

DOI10.1007/s13233-015-3098-x Export Citation

Doubly extended catalytic surface formed by electrodeposition in solid state dye-sensitized solar cells employing polymer electrolyte

Donghoon Song, Jun Jung Kim, Woohyung Cho, Tea-Yon Kim, Jung Hyun Lee, Young Rae Kim, Dongmin Jeong, Byung Su Kim, Wei Wei, and Yong Soo Kang^†

Center for Next Generation Dye-sensitized Solar Cells and Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 133-791, Korea

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Platinum catalytic electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) were prepared on FTO glasses by a pulse-current electrodeposition method without the formation of nano- or mesoporous films. Coupled with solid-state polymer electrolyte, the electrodes electro deposited at 75 mA/cm2 pulse current exbibited fine films and thus, yielded DSC efficiency of up to 5.6% under 1 sun condition; this was nearly 30% higher than conventional one. Increases in effective surface area and partly in light reflection are in charge of the enhanced efficency.

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