• 文献标题:   In situ thermal conversion of graphene oxide films to reduced graphene oxide films for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHAO G, FENG C, CHENG H, LI Y, WANG ZS
  • 作者关键词:   graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, in situ thermal conversion, counter electrode, dyesensitized solar cell
  • 出版物名称:   MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
  • ISSN:   0025-5408 EI 1873-4227
  • 通讯作者地址:   Fudan Univ
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.materresbull.2019.110609
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Severe aggregation of reduced graphene oxide nanosheets and their weak adhesion to the conductive substrate largely restricts the electrocatalytic property. To overcome this flaw, we propose a simple strategy for fabrication of efficient reduced graphene oxide film through in-situ thermal conversion of graphene oxide film that is first adsorbed onto the conductive substrate. As compared to the reduced graphene oxide film prepared from the direct adsorption of reduced graphene oxide nanosheets, the reduced graphene oxide film obtained from the in-situ thermal conversion of graphene oxide film exhibits much higher electrocatalytic activity on the reduction of I-3(-) due to the stronger adhesion to the conductive substrate and better film quality without aggregation. The thermal-converted reduced graphene oxide cathode produces much higher power conversion efficiency (6.35%) than that (1.20%) for the directly adsorbed reduced graphene oxide cathode. This work opens up a new avenue for preparation of simple and low-cost cathodes.