• 文献标题:   Dually functional, N-doped porous graphene foams as counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SONG L, LUO Q, ZHAO F, LI Y, LIN H, QU LT, ZHANG ZP
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   1463-9076 EI 1463-9084
  • 通讯作者地址:   Beijing Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   25
  • DOI:   10.1039/c4cp03443k
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

A series of nitrogen-doped porous graphene foams (NPGFs) have been prepared by hydrothermally treating a mixed solution of graphite oxide (GO) and ammonia. The NPGFs are used as the counter electrode (CE) material for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) in conjunction with the conventional iodide-based electrolyte and the recently developed sulfide-based electrolyte. Tafel-polarization tests and electrochemical impedance spectroscopic (EIS) measurements confirmed that the NPGFs work efficiently in both electrolyte systems, and under air mass (AM) 1.5G 100 mW cm(-2) light illumination, optimal efficiencies of 4.5% and 2.1% were obtained for the iodide-based electrolyte and sulfide-based electrolyte, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study on N-doped graphene CEs in conjunction with sulfide-based electrolytes and therefore, the current results are deemed to provide new insights into developing novel low-cost and metal-free CEs for DSCs.