• 文献标题:   Polyfuran-based multi-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene nanocomposites as counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   COGAL S, ELA SE, ALI AK, COGAL GC, MICUSIK M, OMASTOVA M, OKSUZ AU
  • 作者关键词:   polyfuran, graphene, carbon nanotube, plasma, dyesensitized solar cell
  • 出版物名称:   RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES
  • ISSN:   0922-6168 EI 1568-5675
  • 通讯作者地址:   Ege Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1007/s11164-018-3309-0
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

The preparation of polyfuran-graphene (PFu/GR) and polyfuran-multi-walled carbon nanotube (PFu/MWCNT) nanocomposites was carried out via a plasma polymerization. The characterizations of the pure GR, MWCNTs and the nanocomposites coated with PFu were performed using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy analyses. Counter electrodes prepared using the nanocomposites were used in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), demonstrating an enhancement in cell performance. The maximum efficiency of the DSSC with the PFu/GR counter-electrode with a short-circuit photocurrent density of 32.26 mA/cm(2) was 5.06%, which is much higher than that of the short-circuit photocurrent density of 14.11 mA/cm(2) and efficiency of 2.13% in the cell using the GR counter electrode. This was attributed to the enhanced conductivity between the PFu-based counter electrode and the electrolyte.