Continuous Preparation of Copper/Carbon Nanotube Composite Films and Application in Solar Cells

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Realizing the continuous and large scale preparation of particle/carbon nanotube (CNT) composites with enhanced functionalities, and broad applications in energy conversion, harvesting, and storage systems, remains as a big challenge. Here, we report a scalable strategy to continuously prepare particle/CNT composite films in which particles are confined by CNT films. This is achieved by the continuous condensation and deposition of a cylindrical assembly of CNTs on a paper strip and the in situ incorporation of particles during the layer-by-layer deposition process. A Cu/CNT composite film is prepared as an example; such a film exhibits very high power conversion efficiency when it is used as a counter electrode in a solar cell, compared with previous materials under otherwise identical conditions. The proposed method can be extended to other CNT-based composite films with excellent functionalities for wide applications.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

ChemSusChem - 9(2016), 3 vom: 08. Feb., Seite 296-301

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Luo, Xiao Gang [VerfasserIn]
Le Wu, Min [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiao Xia [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Xin Hua [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Ke [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jian Nong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

789U1901C5
Carbon nanotubes
Copper
Copper nanoparticles
Counter electrode
Energy conversion
Journal Article
Nanotubes, Carbon
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Solar cells

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Date Completed 31.10.2016

Date Revised 30.12.2016

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/cssc.201501342

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM256609071