PLATINUM-FREE NANO COMPOSITE COUNTER ELECTRODES FOR DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS

摘要

A dye sensitized solar cell having a counter electrode formed from a nano composite material of metal carbide, graphene and PEDOT:PSS. A method of producing metal carbide, graphene and PEDOT:PSS nano composite material for a counter electrode of a dye sensitized solar cell, including mixing graphene coated metal carbide nano particles with PEDOT:PSS to form a slurry, coating the slurry on a surface of conductive material, and drying the slurry to form the counter electrode. A method of synthesizing a mesoporous carbon-bonded metal carbide nano composite including: Synthesizing a Metal O-C precursor; and subjecting the precursor to carbothermal reduction.