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A guide to one of the most important aspects for affordable and highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Dye-sensitized solar cells have the potential to be one of the most promising photovoltaic technologies for production of renewable and clean energy. Counter Electrodes for Dye-Sensitized and Perovskite Solar Cells offers an introduction to the various types of counter electrode catalysts for dye-sensitized solar cells and perovskite solar cells, including metal and metal compounds, carbon materials, polymers, and composites. With contributions from an international panel of experts, the book contains a discussion of the design and synthesis of the catalysts, characterization and stability of the devices, as well as calculations on properties.

The contributors cover a wide range of topics including information on: carbon nanotubes electrocatalysts for I-mediated dye-sensitized solar cells; Pt-loaded composite electrocatalysts for I-mediated dye-sensitized solar cells; metal contact electrodes for perovskite solar cells; and much more. The book also includes insight into the future developments in the field.

This important resource

-Covers the various types of counter electrode catalysts and presents design strategies, synthesis methods, theoretical calculation and stability evaluation
-Includes information on low-cost counter electrode catalysts and commercial applications of dye-sensitized sensitized solar cells
-Disscuses how electrode catalysts can be applied in a range of fields, such as solar cells, fuel cells, hydrogen production, and photocatalysis
-Offers contributions from leading experts in the field including Anders Hagfeldt, one of the world´s leading researchers in this field

Written for materials scientists, solid state chemists, electrochemists, catalytic chemists, solid state physicists, and chemical industry professionals, Counter Electrodes for Dye-Sensitized and Perovskite Solar Cells is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to dye-sensitized solar cells.

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Chapter 1 Electro-catalysts for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells -an Overview
PART I COUNTER ELECTRODE CATALYSTS FOR I-MEDIATED DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS
Chapter 2 Pt
Chapter 3 Metal and Alloy
Chapter 7 Transition Metal Compounds including TMCs/TMCs nanohybrids
Chapter 4 Carbon Materials including Carbon/Carbon nanohybrids
Chapter 5 Carbon Nanotubes
Chapter 6 Graphene
Chapter 8 Conductive Polymers including Polymers/polymers nanohybrids
Chapter 14 Polycomponent materials
PART II COMPOSITES AS COUNTER ELECTRODE CATALYSTS FOR I-MEDIATED DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS
Chapter 9 Pt-loaded Composites
Chapter 10 TMCs/Carbon Composites
Chapter 11 TMCs/Polymers Composites
Chapter 12 Carbon/Polymers Composites
Chapter 13 Carbon/TMCs/Polymers Composites
PART III COUNTER ELECTRODE CATALYSTS FOR SPECIAL TYPES OF DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS
Chapter 15 Counter Electrode Catalysts for Co-mediated Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
Chapter 16 Counter Electrode Catalysts for T-mediated Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
Chapter 17 Counter Electrode Catalysts for Cu-mediated Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
Chapter 18 Counter Electrode Catalysts for Solid state Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
Chapter 19 Metal-based Counter Electrode Catalysts for Perovskite Solar Cells
Chapter 20 Carbon-based Counter electrode Catalysts for Perovskite Solar Cells
PART IV STABILITIES AND CALCULATIONS
Chapter 21 Stability Assessment for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
Chapter 22 First-principles Density Functional Theory and ab initio Car-Parrinello Molecular Dynamics Calculations for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
Chapter 23 First-principles Density Functional Theory Calculations for Perovskite Solar Cells
Appendix: Cell Efficiency Table of Cells with Counter Electrode Catalysts

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