Electrospinning in Situ Synthesis of Graphene-Doped Porous Copper Indium Disulfide/Carbon Composite Nanofibers for Highly Efficient Counter Electrode in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

被引：19

作者：

He, Jianxin ^{[1
,2
]}

Zhou, Mengjuan ^{[1
,2
]}

Wang, Lidan ^{[1
,2
]}

Zhao, Shuyuan ^{[1
,2
]}

Wang, Qian ^{[1
,2
]}

Ding, Bin ^{[1
,3
]}

Cui, Shizhong ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Zhongyuan Univ Technol, Henan Prov Key Lab Funct Text Mat, Zhengzhou 450007, Peoples R China

[2] Collaborat Innovat Ctr Text & Garment Ind, Zhengzhou 450007, Henan Province, Peoples R China

[3] Donghua Univ, Modern Text Inst, Nanomat Res Ctr, Shanghai 200051, Peoples R China

来源：

ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA | 2016年 / 215卷

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

dye-sensitized solar cells; counter electrode; electrospinning; CuInS2; nanocrystals; carbon nanofibers; LOW-COST; CUINS2; NANOCRYSTALS; CARBON NANOFIBERS; FILMS; POLY(3,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); NANOTUBES; TRANSPORT; NANOWIRES;

D O I：

10.1016/j.electacta.2016.08.101

中图分类号：

O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];

学科分类号：

081704 ;

摘要：

Porous graphene-doped copper indium disulfide/carbon (p-GN@CuInS2/C) composite nanofibers were fabricated via electrospinning, in situ synthesis, and carbonization. A polyacrylonitrile (PAN) solution containing graphene oxide nanosheets, copper dichloride (CuCl2), indium trichloride (InCl3), and thiourea (Tu.) in a mixed solvent of N,N-dimethylformamide/trichloromethane (DMF/CF) was used as the precursor solution for electrospinning. The resulting porous GN@CuInS2/C nanofibers were 107 +/- 24 nm in diameter, and graphene nanosheets anchored with chalcopyrite CuInS2 nanocrystals 7-12 nm in diameter were overlapped and embedded in the carbon matrix, aligning along the fiber axial direction. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area of the p-GN@CuInS2/C composite nanofibers was 795 m(2)/g, with a total pore volume of 0.71 cm(3)/g. These values were significantly larger than those of the sample without graphene and CuInS2/C nanofibers. A dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) assembled using the p-GN@CuInS2/C nanofibers as the counter electrode (CE) delivered a photoelectric conversion efficiency of 7.23%, which was higher than the efficiencies of DSSCs assembled using the samples without graphene (6.48%) and with the CuInS2/C nanofibers (5.45%). It was also much higher than that of the DSSC with a Pt CE (6.34%). The excellent photoelectric performance of the p-GN@CuInS2/C CE was attributed to its special hierarchical porous structure, which facilitated permeation of the liquid electrolytes and provided additional active catalytic sites for the oxidation reaction of the electrolytic (I-/I-3(-)). The doping of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) resulted in the well-dispersed growth of CuInS2 nanocrystals in the carbon nanofibers, which further increased the number of active catalytic sites and promoted electron and ion transfer. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：626 / 636

页数：11

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