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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2013.14.4.2037

Degradation of the Pd catalytic layer electrolyte in dye sensitized solar cells  

Noh, Yunyoung (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Seoul)
Song, Ohsung (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Seoul)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.14, no.4, 2013 , pp. 2037-2042 More about this Journal
Abstract
A TCO-less palladium (Pd) catalytic layer on the glass substrate was assessed as the counter electrode (CE) in a dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) to confirm the stability of Pd with the $I^-/I_3{^-}$electrolyte on the DSSC performance. A 90nm-thick Pd film was deposited by a thermal evaporator. Finally, DSSC devices of $0.45cm^2$ with glass/FTO/blocking layer/$TiO_2$/dye/electrolyte(10 mM LiI + 1 mM $I_2$ + 0.1 M $LiClO_4$ in acetonitrile solution)/Pd/glass structure was prepared. We investigated the microstructure and photovoltaic property at 1 and 12 hours after the sample preparation. The optical microscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), cyclic voltammetry measurement (C-V), and current voltage (I-V) were employed to measure the microstructure and photovoltaic property evolution. Microstructure analysis showed that the corrosion by reaction between the Pd layer and the electrolyte occurred as time went by, which led the decrease of the catalytic activity and the efficiency. I-V result revealed that the energy conversion efficiency after 1 and 12 hours was 0.34% and 0.15%, respectively. Our results implied that we might employ the other non-$I^-/I_3{^-}$electrolyte or the other catalytic metal layers to guarantee the long term stability of the DSSC devices.
Keywords
Dye sensitized solar cell; electrolyte; Pd; thermal evaporation;
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