title: Anthocyanin-sensitized solar cells using carbon nanotube films as counter electrodes.
abstract: Carbon nanotube (CNT) films have been used as counter electrodes in natural dye-sensitized (anthocyanin-sensitized) solar cells to improve the cell performance. Compared with conventional cells using natural dye electrolytes and platinum as the counter electrodes, cells with a single-walled nanotube (SWNT) film counter electrode show comparable conversion efficiency, which is attributed to the increase in short circuit current density due to the high conductivity of the SWNT film.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA. Key Laboratory for Advanced Manufacturing by Material Processing Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hongwei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Haifeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Venkatachalam
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Subramanian
authors.forename: Charan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Masarapu
authors.forename: Kai-Hsuan
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: Bingqing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wei