Triiodide reduction activity of hydrangea molybdenum sulfide/reduced graphene oxide composite for dye-sensitized solar cells

被引:14
作者
Pang, Beili [1 ]
Shi, Yongtang [1 ]
Lin, Shan [1 ]
Chen, Yingjie [1 ]
Feng, Jianguang [1 ]
Dong, Hongzhou [1 ]
Yang, Haibin [1 ]
Zhao, Zhixin [1 ]
Yu, Liyan [1 ]
Dong, Lifeng [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Qingdao Univ Sci & Technol, Coll Mat Sci & Engn, Qingdao 266042, Shandong, Peoples R China
[2] Hamline Univ, Dept Phys, St Paul, MN 55104 USA
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Dye-sensitized solar cells; Counter electrode; MoS2/rGO composite; COUNTER-ELECTRODES; HIGHLY EFFICIENT; MOS2; NANOSHEETS; ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION; CATALYTIC-ACTIVITY; LOW-COST; PERFORMANCE; CARBON; NANOCOMPOSITE; LAYER;
D O I
10.1016/j.materresbull.2019.04.034
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The molybdenum sulfide/reduced graphene oxide (MoS2/rGO) composite is prepared by a hydrothermal method. The hydrangea MoS2 powder is composited with rGO to serve as a low-cost and non-platinum counter electrode (CE) to improve photovoltaic performance for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The Tafel polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) indicate that the MoS2/rGO counter electrode has exceptional electrocatalytic ability and reduction reaction kinetics for the I-/I-3(-) couples on the counter electrode, which is due to hydrangea structure MoS2 formed on rGO surface and matrix as well as the MoS2/rGO composite strongly attached on FTO substrate. The DSSC with novel MoS2/rGO CE achieves a higher power conversion efficiency of 6.72% than that with Pt CE (5.74%) under standard sunlight illumination.
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页码:78 / 83
页数:6
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