<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tathavadekar, Mukta</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biswal, Mandakini</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Agarkar, Shruti A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Giribabu, Lingamallu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ogale, Satishchandra</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Electronically and catalytically functional carbon cloth as a permeable and flexible counter electrode for dye sensitized solar cell</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Electrochimica Acta</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">conducting carbon cloth</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">counter electrode</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DSSC</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">without drilling</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAR</style></date></pub-dates></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">123</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">248-253</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;In this work we demonstrate that a conducting carbon cloth obtained by one-step pyrolysis of easily available cellulose fabric competes favorably with the commonly employed expensive platinum/FTO system as a counter electrode for dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC). In view of the low carbonization temperature (1000 degrees C) which forbids full graphitization, the nature of carbon in this case is represented by topologically randomly assembled nanoscale graphene units (turbostratic carbon). This morphology has high density of edge states and oxygen containing surface groups rendering multitude of catalytic sites for the reduction of I-3(-). Moreover the cloth is permeable to the dye and/or liquid electrolyte and its absorption properties also help retain the electrolyte. A fairly high efficiency of 5.8% is achieved using such cloth as a counter electrode as against 7% with the conventional Pt/FTO system. Moreover, the permeable property of the cloth eliminates a complete step of drilling hard TCO substrates for final dispensing of electrolyte into the device and the sealing process is also facile. In fact even the dye can be dispensed through the cloth. Finally, the flexibility of the carbon cloth can adapt easily to flexible/wearable DSSC designs. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Foreign&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;4.89&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom4></record></records></xml>