Transparent, conductive graphene electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Nano Lett. 2008 Jan;8(1):323-7. doi: 10.1021/nl072838r. Epub 2007 Dec 11.

Abstract

Transparent, conductive, and ultrathin graphene films, as an alternative to the ubiquitously employed metal oxides window electrodes for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells, are demonstrated. These graphene films are fabricated from exfoliated graphite oxide, followed by thermal reduction. The obtained films exhibit a high conductivity of 550 S/cm and a transparency of more than 70% over 1000-3000 nm. Furthermore, they show high chemical and thermal stabilities as well as an ultrasmooth surface with tunable wettability.