• 文献标题:   Nanostructured nickel sulfide/graphene oxide-polypyrrole as platinum-free counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cell
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NOORANI B, GHASEMI S, HOSSEINI SR
  • 作者关键词:   dyesensitized solar cell, graphene oxide, polypyrrole, nickel sulfide nanoparticle, periodic potential reversal method
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY PHOTOBIOLOGY ACHEMISTRY
  • ISSN:   1010-6030
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  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.jphotochem.2020.112966
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

In the present study, nanostructured nickel sulfide/graphene oxide-polypyrrole (NiS/GO-Ppy) hybrid was prepared through a two-step electrochemical deposition method on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) as a suitable counter electrode (CE) for Pt-free dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). At first, GOPpy film was deposited from a mixture containing pyrrole/sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate/GO nanosheets using a chronoamperometry method at a constant potential of 0.8 V during 600 s onto FTO. Then, NiS was deposited from a solution containing 50 mM NiCl2.6 H2O and 1 M thiourea onto the GO-Ppy/FTO through a periodic potential reversal method by applying a cathodic potential of-0.90 V for 6 s followed by an anodic potential of 0.1 V for 24 s during 10 consecutive cycles. Several techniques such as field emission-scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy were used for the characterization of nanostructured NiS/GO-Ppy. The electrochemical behavior of NiS/GO-Ppy/FTO CE for I-3(-)/I- redox couple was studied using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and Tafel polarization. The symmetric cell based on the NiS/GO-Ppy/FTO CEs presented the lowest resistance against the charge transfer and the highest exchange current density. The performance of DSSC assembled with NiS/GO-Ppy/FTO CE and TiO2 photoanode was investigated through J-V test. The DSSC displayed the power conversion efficiency (PCE) about 6.32 % under AM 1.5 (100 mW cm(-2)).