• 文献标题:   Developing the photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) using a SnO2-doped graphene oxide hybrid nanocomposite as a photo-anode
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SASIKUMAR R, CHEN TW, CHEN SM, RWEI SP, RAMARAJ SK
  • 作者关键词:   graphene oxide, tin iv oxide, incident photontocurrentefficiency, power conversion efficiency, photoanode
  • 出版物名称:   OPTICAL MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   0925-3467 EI 1873-1252
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Taipei Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.optmat.2018.03.059
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Tin(IV) oxide nanoparticles (SnO2 NPs) doped on the surface of graphene oxide (GO) sheets for application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs). The effective incorporation of SnO2 on the surface of GO sheets were confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and Raman spectroscopy. The morphology of the GO/SnO2 hybrid nanocomposite was confirmed by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) analysis. This current study involvement with the effect of different photo-anodes such as GO, SnO2, and GO/SnO2 hybrid nanocomposite on the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the triiodide electrolyte based DSSCs. Remarkably, GO/SnO2 hybrid nanocomposite based photo-anode for DSSC observed PCE of 8.3% and it is about 12% higher than that of un-doped TiO2 photo-anode. The equivalent short-circuit photocurrent density (J(SC)) of 16.67 mA cm(-2), open circuit voltage (V-OC) of 0.77 V, and fill factor (FF) of 0.65 respectively. The achieved results propose that the hybrid nanocomposite is an appropriate photo-anodic material for DSSCs applications.