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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Costa, Rubén D
• Lodermeyer, Fabian
• Casillas, Rubén
• Guldi, Dirk M

Titel

Recent advances in multifunctional nanocarbons used in dye-sensitized solar cellsWe would like to dedicate this paper to Prof. Dr. David Officer on the occasion of his 60th birthday

Erscheinungsjahr

2014-03

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Throughout recent years the implementation of nanocarbons into dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) has resulted in important breakthroughs. The most relevant of them in this context are (i) the enhancement of charge transport and charge collection in nanocarbon-doped electrodes, (ii) the introduction of nanocarbon interlayers that simultaneously reduce the charge recombination and increase the charge collection efficiency, (iii) the use of nanocarbon-based, iodine-free, solid-state electrolytes featuring excellent diffusion coefficients and catalytic efficiencies, (iv) the use of novel nanocarbon-based hybrid dyes, and (v) the use of nanocarbons towards platinum-free counter electrodes. The first four aforementioned aspects are thoroughly described in this review. This review highlights DSSC technology, in general, and recent strategies to implement carbon nanomaterials into the different parts of DSSC, in particular.