Royal Society of Chemistry, Energy & Environmental Science, 4(5), p. 6294-6298
DOI: 10.1039/c1ee02385c
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A new dye-sensitized solar cell based on a thermoelectric Bi2Te3/TiO2 composite anode is demonstrated, in which the incorporated Bi2Te3 nanoplates function as built-in nanoscale electron generators to convert “waste heat” to electricity and as a good photoreaction catalyst to enhance the charge transfer rate, resulting in 28% improvement of the overall power conversion efficiency.