title: Carbon Nanotubes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.
abstract: As one type of emerging photovoltaic cell, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are an attractive potential source of renewable energy due to their eco-friendliness, ease of fabrication, and cost effectiveness. However, in DSSCs, the rarity and high cost of some electrode materials (transparent conducting oxide and platinum) and the inefficient performance caused by slow electron transport, poor light-harvesting efficiency, and significant charge recombination are critical issues. Recent research has shown that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are promising candidates to overcome these issues due to their unique electrical, optical, chemical, physical, as well as catalytic properties. This article provides a comprehensive review of the research that has focused on the application of CNTs and their hybrids in transparent conducting electrodes (TCEs), in semiconducting layers, and in counter electrodes of DSSCs. At the end of this review, some important research directions for the future use of CNTs in DSSCs are also provided.
authors: School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia.|School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia, 5042, Australia.
authors: Munkhbayar
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authors: Batmunkh
authors: School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia.|School of Science, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK.
authors: Mark J
authors: MJ
authors: Biggs
authors: School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia, 5042, Australia.
authors: Joseph G
authors: JG
authors: Shapter
keywords: DSSCs; carbon nanotubes; dye-sensitized solar cells; photovoltaic systems; transparent conducting electrodes