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Nine kinds of carbon materials were introduced into dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) system as counter electrodes (CEs). We also compared the electrochemical catalytic activity of these carbon materials with Pt for the reduction of triiodide to iodide by measuring cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and Tafel-polarization curve. The nine kinds of carbon materials in this work included synthesized well-ordered mesoporous carbon (Com), activated carbon (Ca), carbon black (Cb), conductive carbon (Cc), carbon dye (Cd), carbon fiber (Cf), carbon nanotube (Cn), discarded toner of a printer (Cp) and fullerene (C60). All carbon materials showed electrochemical catalytic activity for triiodide reduction in the DSCs system. In particular, the synthesized Com showed excellent electrochemical catalytic activity which can be comparable to the performance of Pt. After optimizing the …