Applications of Cu@C Nanoparticles in New Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells英文文献资料.docVIP

HindawiPublishingCorporation JournalofNanomaterials Volume2009,ArticleID698501,4pages doi:10.1155/2009/698501 ResearchArticle ApplicationsofCu@CNanoparticlesin NewDye-SensitizedSolarCells Chang-YuLiao, C.-H.Huang, andY.Fukushima 1H.PaulWang,1,2F.-L.Chen,3 1 1 1 2 3 DepartmentofEnvironmentalEngineering,NationalChengKungUniversity,TainanCity70101,Taiwan SustainableEnvironmentResearchCenter,NationalChengKungUniversity,TainanCity70101,Taiwan DepartmentofChemistry,NationalChengKungUniversity,TainanCity70101,Taiwan CorrespondenceshouldbeaddressedtoH.PaulWang,wanghp@.tw Received6October2008;Accepted22January2009 RecommendedbyAlanK.T.Lau Toenhancethee?ciencyofanewlydevelopingdye-sensitizedsolarcell(DSSC),theCu@C(Cusize =7and20nm)core-shell nanoparticles-dispersedmoltensalt-conjugatedelectrolytehasbeenstudied.Experimentally,thee?ciencies(η)oftheDSSCare 2 intherangeof2.70–4.09%withashort-circuitphotocurrentdensity(JSC)of5.775–9.910mA/cm .Interestingly,itisfoundthat dispersionof1%oftheCu@C(Cusize = 7nm)nanoparticlesinthemoltensalt-(1,2-dimethyl-3-propylimidazoliumiodide (DMPII))conjugatedelectrolyteresultsinanenhancement(about11%)oftheη(4.06%).Greaterfractions(3–10%)oftheCu@C nanoparticlesdispersedinthemoltensaltcauseapoorperformance(lowerJSCandη)oftheDSSCpossiblyduetointerferenceof theinternalelectrontransportationroutesintheDSSCbyoxidationofCuwithI2originallyintheelectrolyte. Copyright?2009Chang-YuLiaoetal.ThisisanopenaccessarticledistributedundertheCreativeCommonsAttributionLicense, whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalworkisproperlycited. 1.Introduction 2.Experimental Dye-sensitizedsolarcellswithadvantagesoflowmanufac- turing cost and comparable light-to-electricity conversion e?ciency to conventional silicon-based photovoltaic cells have been considered as the next-generation clean energy sources[1].However,incorporationofliquidsolventssuch as aceto