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A Novel Preparation of Nano-Copper Chalcogenide (Cu2S)-based Flexible Counter Electrode
Enli Wu1, Jingsha Jin1, Shaowen Liu1
1School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434023, P.R. China.
Abstract:
Copper nanowires (CuNWs) are used to prepare flexible, transparent conducting substrates due to their low cost and ease of fabrication on a large area. A CuNW/polymer composite substrate was prepared and vulcanized to create a novel flexible nano-Cu2S/polymer composite substrate. The physical and photovoltaic properties of the substrate can be controlled by tuning the concentration of CuNW dispersion during the preparation of CuNWs and nano Cu2S films. The nano-Cu2S-based composite substrate was used as an effective flexible counter electrode of a quantum-dot-sensitized solar cell (QDSSC) and resulted in a maximum cell efficiency of 1.01%.
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