• 文献标题:   Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Jet Processed Pt-Decorated Reduced Graphene Oxides for Counter-Electrodes of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WAN TH, CHIU YF, CHEN CW, HSU CC, CHENG IC, CHEN JZ
  • 作者关键词:   atmospheric pressure plasma, dyesensitized solar cell, graphene, reduced graphene oxide, chloroplatinic acid, platinum, composite
  • 出版物名称:   COATINGS
  • ISSN:   2079-6412
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  • 被引频次:   19
  • DOI:   10.3390/coatings6040044
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Ultrafast atmospheric-pressure plasma jet (APPJ) processed Pt-decorated reduced graphene oxides (rGOs) were used as counter-electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Pastes containing rGO, ethyl cellulose, terpineol, and chloroplatinic acid were screen-printed and sintered by nitrogen dc-pulse APPJs. Pt nanodots were uniformly distributed on the rGO flakes. When using Pt-decorated rGOs as the counter electrodes of DSSCs, the efficiency of the DSSC first increased and then decreased as the APPJ processing time increased. Nitrogen APPJs can effectively remove organic binders and can reduce chloroplatinic acid to Pt, thereby improving the efficiency of DSSCs. However, over-calcination by APPJ can damage the graphenes and degrade the DSSCs. The addition of Pt mainly improves the fill factor, which thereby increases the efficiency of DSSCs. The optimized APPJ processing time was merely 9 s owing to the vigorous interaction among the rGOs, chloroplatinic acid and nitrogen APPJs.