Photovoltaic wire derived from a graphene composite fiber achieving an 8.45 % energy conversion efficiency

Zhibin Yang; Hao Sun; Tao Chen; Longbin Qiu; Yongfeng Luo; Huisheng Peng

doi:10.1002/anie.201301776

Photovoltaic wire derived from a graphene composite fiber achieving an 8.45 % energy conversion efficiency

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Jul 15;52(29):7545-8. doi: 10.1002/anie.201301776. Epub 2013 May 28.

Authors

Zhibin Yang¹, Hao Sun, Tao Chen, Longbin Qiu, Yongfeng Luo, Huisheng Peng

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.

PMID: 23716484
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201301776

Abstract

Wired for light: Novel wire-shaped photovoltaic devices have been developed from graphene/Pt composite fibers. The high flexibility, mechanical strength, and electrical conductivity of graphene composite fibers resulted in a maximum energy conversion efficiency of 8.45 %, which is much higher than that of other wire-shaped photovoltaic devices.

Keywords: graphene fiber; photovoltaic wire; platinum.