• 文献标题:   A two-step reduction method for synthesizing graphene nanocomposites with a low loading of well-dispersed platinum nanoparticles for use as counter electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WAN L, ZHANG QP, WANG SM, WANG XB, GUO ZG, DONG BH, ZHAO L, XU ZX, LI J, WANG B, LUO TY, XIONG HY
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0022-2461 EI 1573-4803
  • 通讯作者地址:   Hubei Univ
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1007/s10853-015-8998-9
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Low Pt-loaded graphene nanocomposites were prepared using a two-step reduction process. Graphene dispersion was first prepared from graphene oxide using hydrazine hydrate as a reducing agent. Pt-reduced graphene oxide composites were then synthesized in the aqueous graphene dispersion at 90 degrees C without the need for another reductant. Pt/graphene composite films were then deposited on fluorine-doped tin oxide substrates using a simple drop-casting method at room temperature and subsequently used as counter electrodes (CEs) in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Cyclic voltammetry and electrical impedance analysis show that the composite electrodes have high electrocatalytic activity toward iodide/triiodide reduction. The energy conversion efficiency of the Pt/graphene CE-based DSSC was found to be 1.9 % lower than that of cells with a Pt-based CE.