Highly interconnected ordered mesoporous carbon-carbon nanotube nanocomposites: Pt-free, highly efficient, and durable counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Yimhyun Jo; Jae Yeong Cheon; Jeonghun Yu; Hu Young Jeong; Chi-Hwan Han; Yongseok Jun; Sang Hoon Joo

doi:10.1039/c2cc30923h

Highly interconnected ordered mesoporous carbon-carbon nanotube nanocomposites: Pt-free, highly efficient, and durable counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Aug 21;48(65):8057-9. doi: 10.1039/c2cc30923h. Epub 2012 Apr 12.

Authors

Yimhyun Jo¹, Jae Yeong Cheon, Jeonghun Yu, Hu Young Jeong, Chi-Hwan Han, Yongseok Jun, Sang Hoon Joo

Affiliation

¹ Interdisciplinary School of Green Energy and KIER-UNIST Advanced Center for Energy, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 689-798, Republic of Korea.

PMID: 22499057
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc30923h

Abstract

We report the preparation of highly interconnected ordered mesoporous carbon-carbon nanotube nanocomposites which show Pt-like dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) efficiency and remarkable long-term durability as DSSC counter electrodes.