Transparent PEDOT counter electrodes for bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells using a cobalt complex mediator.

Abstract

Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) aggregate-deposited counter electrodes (CEs) were applied to bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells with a cobalt complex electrolyte. The high transparency and excellent electrochemical activity of PEDOT CEs result in an impressive cell bifaciality of 0.92 under standard test conditions (AM 1.5G, 100 mW cm-2), and maximum power production of 11.3% under realistic conditions with an effective albedo of 50%.