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Mono-dispersed 2D nanosheets of 3D microspheres nanostructure was synthesized. It shows highly exposed (001)-facets (ca. 82%) and high surface area (112.2 m2 g−1). 11.13%-efficient DSSC is obtained with TiO2 microspheres working electrode.

The front cover artwork is provided by Professor Kuo‐Chuan Ho’s Electro‐optical Materials Lab at the Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University. The image shows a Pt‐free composite of silicon carbide nanoparticles/poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (SiC‐NPs/PEDOT:PSS) as the counter electrode in a dye‐sensitized solar cell (DSSC), which has a good electrocatalytic ability for I‐/I3‐. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/celc.201300242.

The front cover artwork was chosen to show a composite film of silicon carbide nanoparticles and poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) as the counter‐electrode material for a dye‐sensitized solar cell. The optimized composite provides a good overall electrocatalytic ability, a reasonable intrinsic heterogeneous rate constant, a large effective electrocatalytic surface area, and a high cell efficiency. (DOI: ).