CAREER NETWORK World's one of the largest Research Career Network Benefits Academic & Industry jobs Project funding Visiting faculty positions Visiting scientist positions Invited talks and more... Register FREE Global Journal of Physical Chemistry 2012, 3: 6 Review Article Counterelectrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells Chih-Ming Chen, Sheng-Jye Cherng Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan Abstract Solar energy is plentiful as an alternative energy and dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is a promising photovoltaic device that can convert solar energy to electricity for human use. In the past two decades, numerous efforts have been devoted in developing a cost-efficient DSSC with high energy conversion efficiency for real application. This article reviews relevant research works on the counterelectrode including the materials used as the substrate and catalyst. Different fabrication methods used for preparing different catalysts are also reviewed. Keywords Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC); Counterelectrode; Catalyst; Platinum