Electrospun activated carbon nanofibers with hollow core/highly mesoporous shell structure as counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

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• 作者：Seok-Hwan Park^a ; ^b ; ^c ; Byung-Kwan Kim^a ; ^b ; ^c ; Wan-Jin Lee^a ; ^b ; ^c ; ^{wjlee@jnu.ac.kr} ; ^{wjlee@chonnam.ac.kr}
• 关键词：Core&ndash ; shell structure ; Porous ; Carbon nanofibers ; Electrospinning ; Counter electrode ; Dye-sensitized solar cell
• 刊名：Journal of Power Sources
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：1 October, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：239
• 期：Complete
• 页码：122-127
• 全文大小：1856 K

文摘

Activated carbon nanofibers with hollow core/highly mesoporous shell structure (Meso-HACNF) are prepared by concentric electrospinning using poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as a pyrolytic core precursor with either polyacrylonitrile (PAN) or PAN/PMMA blended polymer as a carbon shell precursor, subsequently proceeded to the process of stabilization, carbonization, and activation. Meso-HACNFs with two different PMMA concentrations, 10?wt. % and 20?wt. % , are composed of a highly mesoporous shell and hollow core while HACNF without PMMA is composed of a relatively small mesoporous shell and hollow core. Highly mesoporous Meso-HACNF1 has a large surface area of 1191?m²?g^?1 with a mesoporous surface area of 151?m²?g^?1. Meso-HACNF1 with 10?wt. % PMMA has a high efficiency of 7.21 % , and is comparable to Pt CE because of its novel characteristics, which promote the electron and ion transfer, decrease the resistance of charge transfer, and increase the contact area between liquid electrolyte and Meso-HACNF1.