• 文献标题:   Development of polypyrrole/graphene (PPY/graphene) based electrocatalyst for platinum free dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KHAN IM, NAZAR R, MEHMOOD U
  • 作者关键词:   nanocomposite, solar energy material, polymer, counter electrode, dssc
  • 出版物名称:   MATERIALS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0167-577X EI 1873-4979
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  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.matlet.2022.132331 EA APR 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

The purpose of this study was to fabricate Platinum-free counter electrode (CE) materials for energy conversion devices. Initially, pyrrole was polymerized overnight in deionized water followed by 72 h of drying at 60 C to obtain powdered PPY. Similarly, in-situ polymerization of pyrrole yielded PPY/graphene nanocomposite with variable graphene concentrations (2-8 wt%). Powdered samples were characterized by SEM, XRD, and FTIR for compositional and morphological analysis. CEs of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) were made with PPY and PPY/graphene composites. The dye-sensitized TiO2 photoanodes were connected to CEs to carry out current-voltage measurements using Keithley Solar Simulator. The DSSCs with PPY/4 % graphene CE showed the highest efficiency (3.06%).