Thermoelectric Bi2Te3-improved charge collection for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells

Tao Chen; Guan Hong Guai; Cheng Gong; Weihua Hu; Jinxin Zhu; Hongbin Yang; Qingyu Yan; Chang Ming Li

doi:10.1039/c1ee02385c

Thermoelectric Bi₂Te₃-improved charge collection for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells

Tao Chen, Guan Hong Guai, Cheng Gong, Weihua Hu, Jinxin Zhu, Hongbin Yang, Qingyu Yan, Chang Ming Li^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A new dye-sensitized solar cell based on a thermoelectric Bi ₂Te₃/TiO₂ composite anode is demonstrated, in which the incorporated Bi₂Te₃ nanoplates function as built-in nanoscale electron generators to convert "waste heat" to electricity and as a good photoreaction catalyst to enhance the charge transfer rate, resulting in 28% improvement of the overall power conversion efficiency.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6294-6298
Number of pages	5
Journal	Energy and Environmental Science
Volume	5
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c1ee02385c
Publication status	Published - Apr 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Environmental Chemistry
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Pollution

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