title: Efficient dye-sensitized photovoltaic wires based on an organic redox electrolyte.
abstract: An organic thiolate/disulfide redox couple with low absorption in the visible region was developed for use in fabricating novel dye-sensitized photovoltaic wires with an aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) fiber as the counter electrode. These flexible wire devices achieved a maximal energy conversion efficiency of 7.33%, much higher than the value of 5.97% for the conventional I(-)/I3(-) redox couple. In addition, the aligned CNT fiber also greatly outperforms the conventional Pt counter electrode with a maximal efficiency of 2.06% based on the thiolate/disulfide redox couple.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.
authors.forename: Shaowu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Zhibin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Houpu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Longbin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Huisheng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peng