• 文献标题:   Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembled Graphene Multilayers as Pt-Free Alternative Counter Electrodes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   RANI A, CHUNG K, KWON J, KIM SJ, JANG YH, JANE YJ, QUAN LN, YOON M, PARK JH, KIM DH
  • 作者关键词:   counter electrode, dssc, electrocatalyst, layerbylayer selfassembly, nitrogendoped reduced graphene oxide, nitrogen sulfur codoped reduced graphene oxide
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244 EI 1944-8252
  • 通讯作者地址:   Ewha Womans Univ
  • 被引频次:   15
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.6b01770
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Low cost, charged, and large scale graphene multilayers fabricated from nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide N-rGO(+), nitrogen and sulfur codoped reduced graphene oxide NS-rGO(+), and undoped reduced graphene oxide rGO(-) were applied as alternative counter electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The neat rGO-based counter electrodes were developed via two types of layer-by layer (LBL) self-assembly (SA) methods: spin coating and spray coating methods. In the spin coating method, two sets of multilayer films were fabricated on poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA)-coated fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrates using GO(-) combined with N-GO(+) followed by annealing and denoted as [rGO(-)/N-rGO(+)](n) or with NS-GO(+) and denoted as [rGO(-)/NS-rGO(+)](n) for counter electrodes in DSSCs. The DSSCs employing new types of counter electrodes exhibited similar to 7.0% and similar to 6.2% power conversion efficiency (PCE) based on ten bilayers of [rGO(-)/N-rGO(+)](10) and [rGO(-)/NS-rGO(+)](10), respectively. The DSSCs equipped with a blend of one bilayer of [rGO(-):N-rGO(+)] and [rGO(-):NS-rGO(+)] on PDDA-coated FTO substrates were prepared from a spray coating and showed similar to 6.4% and similar to 5.6% PCE, respectively. Thus, it was demonstrated that a combination of undoped, nitrogen-doped, and nitrogen and sulfur codoped reduced graphene oxides can be considered as potentially powerful Pt-free electrocatalysts and alternative electrodes in conventional photovoltaic devices.