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Electrospinning of Photocatalytic Electrodes for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
Published on: June 28, 2017
Pt-like behavior of high-performance counter electrodes prepared from binary tantalum compounds showing high
Sining Yun1, Mingxing Wu, Yudi Wang
1School of Materials & Mineral Resources, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No.13, Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710055, PR China. alexsyun1974@yahoo.com.cn
Abstract:
Ta-based compounds show Pt-like behavior: Binary tantalum compounds as counter electrodes (CEs) in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) demonstrate Pt-like electrocatalytic activity and competitive photovoltaic performance, matching the performance of DSCs with Pt CEs. The first-principle density functional theory (DFT) calculations provide a strategy for understanding the relationship between the electronic structure and the catalytic activity of CE catalysts in DSCs.
