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Highly Conductive Graphenated-Carbon Nanotubes Sheet with Graphene Foliates for Counter Electrode Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Yusnita Yusuf1, Suhaidi Shafie2, Ismayadi Ismail3, Fauzan Ahmad4, Mohd Nizar Hamidon5, Pandey Shyam Sudhir6, Lei Wei7.
This work enlightened the synthesis of graphenated-carbon nanotubes sheet (g-CNT) using the floating-catalyst chemical vapor deposition method (FCCVD) for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) application. The carbon injection flow rate in the experiment was varied to 6, 8, and 10 ml/h. The morphological findings revealed that the g-CNT formed a highly conductive network. Excellent conductivity was obtained for the sample g-CNT8 (34.5 S/cm) compared to the sample g-CNT6 (11.2S/cm) and CNT10 (4.76 S/cm). This excellent feature is due to the hybrid structure of the g-CNT8, which creates efficient electron transfer in the materials resulting in higher conductivity. The hybrid structure provides a high surface area that improves conductivity. Therefore, the g-CNT sheet is an excellent candidate to replace the conventional platinum used as a counter electrode (CE) in DSSC.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM KL), Malaysia
- Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
- Southeast University (China), China
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