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Synthesising chain-like, interconnected Pt nanoparticles using tubular halloysite clay template for efficient counter electrode in dye-sensitised solar cells

Nagarajan S, Pitchaimuthu Sudhagar, Yong Soo Kang, Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu Orcid Logo

Sustainable Energy & Fuels

Swansea University Author: Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1039/C7SE00292K

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We report an inexpensive fabrication route of mesoporous counter electrode, made of chain-like Pt nanoparticles using tubular halloysite clay template. Pre-coated halloysite tube (HT) onto a conducting substrate acts as material synthesising platform for highly interconnected chain-like Pt nanostruc...

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ISSN: 2398-4902
Published: 2017
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title Synthesising chain-like, interconnected Pt nanoparticles using tubular halloysite clay template for efficient counter electrode in dye-sensitised solar cells
spellingShingle Synthesising chain-like, interconnected Pt nanoparticles using tubular halloysite clay template for efficient counter electrode in dye-sensitised solar cells
Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu
title_short Synthesising chain-like, interconnected Pt nanoparticles using tubular halloysite clay template for efficient counter electrode in dye-sensitised solar cells
title_full Synthesising chain-like, interconnected Pt nanoparticles using tubular halloysite clay template for efficient counter electrode in dye-sensitised solar cells
title_fullStr Synthesising chain-like, interconnected Pt nanoparticles using tubular halloysite clay template for efficient counter electrode in dye-sensitised solar cells
title_full_unstemmed Synthesising chain-like, interconnected Pt nanoparticles using tubular halloysite clay template for efficient counter electrode in dye-sensitised solar cells
title_sort Synthesising chain-like, interconnected Pt nanoparticles using tubular halloysite clay template for efficient counter electrode in dye-sensitised solar cells
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description We report an inexpensive fabrication route of mesoporous counter electrode, made of chain-like Pt nanoparticles using tubular halloysite clay template. Pre-coated halloysite tube (HT) onto a conducting substrate acts as material synthesising platform for highly interconnected chain-like Pt nanostructure. The Pt-HT composite counter electrode shows effective electrolyte interaction, and high catalytic activity towards tri-iodide reduction. As a result, Pt-HT counter electrode based dye-sensitised solar cells exhibits high energy conversion efficiency of 9.5% than the flat-type Pt film based counter electrode (8.2%) using liquid-type electrolyte.
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