title: Two carboxyethyltin functionalized polyoxometalates for assembly on carbon nanotubes as efficient counter electrode materials in dye-sensitized solar cells.
abstract: Two novel open-chain carboxyethyltin decorated sandwich-type germanotungstates have been successfully synthesized. They could markedly increase the electrocatalytic activity of single-walled carbon nanotubes toward triiodide reduction when assembled into composite electrodes, which have shown a conversion efficiency of 6.32% that is comparable to that of Pt electrodes (6.29%) when used as counter electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, China. wangeb889@nenu.edu.cn chenwl@nenu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiao-Jing
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Sang
authors.forename: Jian-Sheng
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lan-Cui
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zai-Ming
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Wei-Lin
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yang-Guang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhong-Min
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: En-Bo
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Wang