{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(60)"],"submitter":["Liu Q"],"pubmed_abstract":["A polypyrrole-cobalt sulfide composite counter electrode (CE) was prepared in this work. Firstly, polypyrrole (PPy) nanorods were prepared by an <i>in situ</i> polymerization method on FTO, then cobalt sulfide (CoS) nanoparticles were coated on PPy nanorods by the electrodeposition method. The DSSC with PPy-CoS CE exhibits superior photoelectric conversion efficiency than that based on platinum (Pt, one of common counter electrodes), which is 7.52%, improving more than 20% compared to Pt CE (6.19%). In addition, cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements demonstrated that the PPy-CoS CE exhibited excellent catalytic performance for I<sub>3</sub> <sup>-</sup>/I<sup>-</sup> solution."],"journal":["RSC advances"],"pagination":["38146-38151"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9044837"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Facile construction of a polypyrrole-cobalt sulfide counter electrode for low-cost dye-sensitized solar cells."],"pmcid":["PMC9044837"],"pubmed_authors":["Cheng C","Liu Q"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Facile construction of a polypyrrole-cobalt sulfide counter electrode for low-cost dye-sensitized solar cells.","description":"A polypyrrole-cobalt sulfide composite counter electrode (CE) was prepared in this work. Firstly, polypyrrole (PPy) nanorods were prepared by an <i>in situ</i> polymerization method on FTO, then cobalt sulfide (CoS) nanoparticles were coated on PPy nanorods by the electrodeposition method. The DSSC with PPy-CoS CE exhibits superior photoelectric conversion efficiency than that based on platinum (Pt, one of common counter electrodes), which is 7.52%, improving more than 20% compared to Pt CE (6.19%). In addition, cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements demonstrated that the PPy-CoS CE exhibited excellent catalytic performance for I<sub>3</sub> <sup>-</sup>/I<sup>-</sup> solution.","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Nov","modification":"2025-04-19T09:18:28.122Z","creation":"2025-04-19T09:18:28.122Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9044837","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35498059"],"doi":["10.1039/d1ra06946b"]}}