title: Highly efficient catalysts for Co(II/III) redox couples in dye-sensitized solar cells.
abstract: We developed several low-cost catalysts with high catalytic activity, which were used as counter electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). They showed higher efficiencies than that of Pt. The efficiencies were improved by 18-42% for the DSCs composed of active carbon, niobium dioxide, ordered mesoporous carbon and commercial titanium carbide.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Eric Wei-Guang
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Diau
authors.forename: Mingxing
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Hsueh-Pei
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Tingli
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ma