Low-cost copper zinc tin sulfide counter electrodes for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells

Xukai Xin, Ming He, Wei Han, Jaehan Jung, Zhiqun Lin

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Abstract

A copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) semiconductor can be used as an effective counter-electrode (CE) material in place of platinum metal, yielding low-cost, high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). CZTS nanocrystals were synthesized and then spin-coated on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass. After selenization, the power conversion efficiency of the resulting DSSC was comparable that with a Pt CE.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11739-11742
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume50
Issue number49
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Dec 2011

Keywords

  • copper zinc tin sulfide
  • counter electrodes
  • dye-sensitized solar cells
  • energy conversion
  • photochemistry

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