Weavable dye sensitized solar cells exploiting carbon nanotube yarns

Josef Velten; Zharkynay Kuanyshbekova; Özer Göktepe; Fatma Göktepe; Anvar Zakhidov

doi:10.1063/1.4807891

Weavable dye sensitized solar cells exploiting carbon nanotube yarns

Josef Velten, Zharkynay Kuanyshbekova, Özer Göktepe, Fatma Göktepe, Anvar Zakhidov

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Weavable Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC) made with flexible yarns of conductive multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) were produced having a power conversion efficiency above 3%. This was achieved with a specific design and careful consideration of the yarn function in the DSSC. Fermat yarns of MWNTs individually coated with mesoporous TiO₂ layer were twisted together and coated with more mesoporous TiO₂ to create a 3 dimensional photo electrode to overcome electron diffusion length issues. Archimedian yarns of MWNTs coated with a thin layer of platinum worked as a counter electrode to complete the architecture used in this DSSC.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	203902
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	102
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4807891
State	Published - May 20 2013

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