HIGHLY EFFICIENT BIO-BASED CARBONACEOUS COUNTER ELECTRODE FOR DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS

Abstract

The use of platinum, an expensive and scarce element, in dye sensitized solar cells may affect the cost and commercialisation of the technology. In this regard preferable candidates would be materials which are abundant and cost effective. Carbonaceous materials are promising materials for being abundant and having many suitable characteristics such as porosity, conductivity, high surface area, chemical and thermal stability