A high efficiency CoCr2O4/carbon nanotubes nanocomposite electrocatalyst for dye-sensitised solar cells

Mingxing Guo; Beibei Tang; Haimin Zhang; Shuhui Yin; Wei Jiang; Yiming Zhang; Mengying Li; Hui Wang; Liqi Jiao

doi:10.1039/C4CC03221G

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A high efficiency CoCr₂O₄/carbon nanotubes nanocomposite electrocatalyst for dye-sensitised solar cells†

Mingxing Guo,*^a Beibei Tang,^a Haimin Zhang,*^b Shuhui Yin,*^c Wei Jiang,^a Yiming Zhang,^a Mengying Li,^a Hui Wang^d and Liqi Jiao^d

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^a College of Environment Science and Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China
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^b Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, QLD 4222, Australia
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^c Department of Physics, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China
E-mail: yinshu@dlmu.edu.cn

^d Navigation College, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China

Abstract

A CoCr₂O₄/carbon nanotubes (CoCr₂O₄/CNTs) nanocomposite was successfully synthesised by a facile solution route, and used as an electrocatalyst for dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSCs) for the first time, exhibiting a comparable power conversion efficiency of 8.40% to Pt-based DSSCs (η = 8.68%) owing to the superior electrocatalytic activity of the nanocomposite.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC03221G
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 30 Apr 2014
Accepted: 21 May 2014
First published: 21 May 2014

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Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 7356-7358

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A high efficiency CoCr₂O₄/carbon nanotubes nanocomposite electrocatalyst for dye-sensitised solar cells

M. Guo, B. Tang, H. Zhang, S. Yin, W. Jiang, Y. Zhang, M. Li, H. Wang and L. Jiao, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 7356 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC03221G

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