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Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembled Graphene Multilayers as Pt-Free Alternative Counter Electrodes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Title
Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembled Graphene Multilayers as Pt-Free Alternative Counter Electrodes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Authors
Rani A.Chung K.Kwon J.Kim S.J.Jang Y.H.Jang Y.J.Quan L.N.Yoon M.Park J.H.Kim D.H.
Ewha Authors
김동하
SCOPUS Author ID
김동하scopus
Issue Date
2016
Journal Title
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
ISSN
1944-8244JCR Link
Citation
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces vol. 8, no. 18, pp. 11488 - 11498
Keywords
counter electrodeDSSCselectrocatalystlayer-by-layer self-assemblynitrogen and sulfur codoped reduced graphene oxidenitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Indexed
SCIE; SCOPUS WOS scopus
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Low cost, charged, and large scale graphene multilayers fabricated from nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide N-rGO(+), nitrogen and sulfur codoped reduced graphene oxide NS-rGO(+), and undoped reduced graphene oxide rGO(-) were applied as alternative counter electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The neat rGO-based counter electrodes were developed via two types of layer-by-layer (LBL) self-assembly (SA) methods: spin coating and spray coating methods. In the spin coating method, two sets of multilayer films were fabricated on poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA)-coated fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrates using GO(-) combined with N-GO(+) followed by annealing and denoted as [rGO(-)/N-rGO(+)]n or with NS-GO(+) and denoted as [rGO(-)/NS-rGO(+)]n for counter electrodes in DSSCs. The DSSCs employing new types of counter electrodes exhibited ∼7.0% and ∼6.2% power conversion efficiency (PCE) based on ten bilayers of [rGO(-)/N-rGO(+)]10 and [rGO(-)/NS-rGO(+)]10, respectively. The DSSCs equipped with a blend of one bilayer of [rGO(-):N-rGO(+)] and [rGO(-):NS-rGO(+)] on PDDA-coated FTO substrates were prepared from a spray coating and showed ∼6.4% and ∼5.6% PCE, respectively. Thus, it was demonstrated that a combination of undoped, nitrogen-doped, and nitrogen and sulfur codoped reduced graphene oxides can be considered as potentially powerful Pt-free electrocatalysts and alternative electrodes in conventional photovoltaic devices. © 2016 American Chemical Society.
DOI
10.1021/acsami.6b01770
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