• 文献标题:   Development of photo-anodes based on strontium doped zinc oxide-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites for improving performance of dye-sensitized solar cells
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SAVARI R, ROUHI J, FAKHAR O, KAKOOEI S, POURZADEH D, JAHANBAKHSH O, SHOJAEI S
  • 作者关键词:   dyesensitized solar cell, zno, reduced graphene oxide, nanocomposite, solgel processe, optical propertie
  • 出版物名称:   CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
  • ISSN:   0272-8842 EI 1873-3956
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  • 被引频次:   40
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.08.079 EA SEP 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

The goal of this study was to create highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) using strontium doped zinc oxide-reduced graphene oxide (Sr-doped ZnO/rGO) nanocomposites. As photo-anodes of DSSCs, ZnO, ZnO/rGO (with weight percent rGO in composites: 0, 0.01, 0.1, 0.5, and 1 wt%) and Sr-doped ZnO/rGO (with Zn1-xSrxO nanoparticle stoichiometry: x = 0, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06 and 0.08) nanocomposites were designed and characterized. AFM, FESEM, XRD, EDS, XPS, PL, and FTIR analyses were used to investigate the morphology and structure properties of prepared nanocomposites. UV-vis spectroscopy and photo-electrochemical measurements were used to investigate the efficiency of prepared photo-anodes. The efficiency (eta) and short-circuit photocurrent density (JSC) of DSSCs based on Zn0.92Sr0.08O/rGO nanocomposite were 7.98 % and 18.4 mA cm(-2), respectively. The results showed that doping Sr on ZnO/rGO nanocomposites resulted in a wide bandgap energy and increased the values of eta, J(SC), IPCE, and photo-anode electron transportability. These findings suggest that Sr-doped ZnO/rGO nanocomposites can provide a novel approach for increasing photo-electrochemical activity in ZnO-based DSSCs.