Serrated, flexible and ultrathin polyaniline nanoribbons: An efficient counter electrode for the dye-sensitized solar cell

被引：39
作者：
Hou, Wenjing [1 ,2 ]
Xiao, Yaoming [1 ,2 ]
Han, Gaoyi [1 ,2 ]
Fu, Dongying [3 ]
Wu, Ruifang [4 ]
机构：
[1] Shanxi Univ, Innovat Ctr Chem & Mol Sci, Inst Mol Sci, Taiyuan 030006, Peoples R China
[2] Key Lab Mat Energy Convers & Storage Shanxi Prov, Taiyuan 030006, Peoples R China
[3] Shanxi Univ, Inst Crystalline Mat, Taiyuan 030006, Peoples R China
[4] Shanxi Univ, Coll Chem & Chem Engn, Taiyuan 030006, Peoples R China
来源：
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES | 2016年 / 322卷
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
Polyaniline nanoribbons; Counter electrode; Dye-sensitized solar cell; Flexible; Ultrathin; Electrospun method; HIGH-PERFORMANCE; LOW-COST; PLATINUM; SUPERCAPACITORS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOFIBERS; NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE; CATALYSTS; REMOVAL;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.05.023
中图分类号：
O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];
学科分类号：
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要：
Development of cost-effective counter electrodes (CEs) and enhancement of power conversion efficiency are two persistent objectives for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCS). We report a novel method for synthesizing the state of art polyaniline nanoribbons (PANI NRs) CE with serrated, flexible and ultrathin nanostructure by in situ polymerization of aniline on an inorganic template, followed by acid etching. Herein, electrospun vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) nanofibers are chosen as templates to deposit PANI by a chemical bath polymerization method, which are served as the oxidants as well. Owing to its abundant active sites and the good contact performance, the PANI NRs CE shows high catalytic activity and the DSSC based on the PANI-c NRs CE shows a photoelectric conversion efficiency of 7.23% under full sunlight illumination (100 mW cm(-2), AM 1.5 G), which is 97.44% that of the Pt-based DSSC (7.42%). Therefore, the high performance of PANI NRs can be considered as a cost-effective CE for the DSSC. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码：155 / 162
页数：8
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