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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
- 김동하
- Issue Date
- 2016
- Journal Title
- ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
- ISSN
- 1944-8244
- Citation
- ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces vol. 8, no. 18, pp. 11488 - 11498
- Keywords
- counter electrode; DSSCs; electrocatalyst; layer-by-layer self-assembly; nitrogen and sulfur codoped reduced graphene oxide; nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- Indexed
- SCIE; 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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- 자연과학대학 > 화학·나노과학전공 > Journal papers
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