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Combination of asymmetric supercapacitor utilizing activated carbon and nickel oxide with cobalt polypyridyl-based dye-sensitized solar cell

Bagheri, N.
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Aghaei, A.
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Ghotbi, M.Y.
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2014
Electrochimica Acta

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. A dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) based on the metal-free organic sensitizer and the cobalt (II, III) polypyridyl electrolyte was integrated here within an asymmetric supercapacitor utilizing cobalt-doped nickel oxide and activated carbon as positive and negative electrodes, respectively. A low cost nickel foil served as intermediate (auxiliary) bifunctional electrode separating two parts of the device and permitting the DSC electrolyte regeneration at one side and charge storage within cobalt-doped nickel oxide at the other. The main purpose of the research was to develop an integrated photocapacitor system capable of both energy generation and its further storage. Following irradiation at the 100 mW cm-2 level, the solar cell generated an open-circuit voltage of 0.8 V and short-circuit current of 8 mA cm-2 which corresponds to energy conversion efficiency of 4.9%. It was further shown that upon integration with asymmetric supercapacitor, the photogenerated energy was directly injected into porous charge storage electrodes thus resulting in specific capacitance of 32 F g-1 and energy density of 2.3 Wh kg-1. The coulumbic and total (energy conversion and charge storage) efficiency of photocapacitor were equal to 54% and 0.6%, respectively.

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.electacta.2014.07.125
Author(s)
Bagheri, N.
Aghaei, A.
Ghotbi, M.Y.
Marzbanrad, E.
Vlachopoulos, N.  
Häggman, L.
Wang, M.
Boschloo, G.
Hagfeldt, A.  
Skunik-Nuckowska, M.
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Date Issued

2014

Publisher

Elsevier

Published in
Electrochimica Acta
Volume

143

Start page

390

End page

397

Editorial or Peer reviewed

NON-REVIEWED

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October 19, 2015
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