Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5451130 | Solar Energy | 2017 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
CoSe/graphene nanocomposites with various graphene content were synthesized via a simple low-temperature hydrothermal method and used as counter electrode (CE) in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC). SEM shows that CoSe0.85 particles are self-assembled to a potato-chip-like morphology and loaded on graphene sheets. Cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and Tafel polarization analyses revealed that the CoSe0.85/graphene composite CE with the weight ratio of graphene of 75% exhibited higher electrocatalytic activity for the reduction of triiodide to iodide and lower charge transfer resistance at the CE/electrolyte interface than the other compositions. The DSSC with the optimized CoSe0.85/graphene as composite CE produces a maximum power conversion efficiency of 8.17%, which is better than bare CoSe0.85 CE.
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Authors
Xiaobo Chen, Qiming Yang, Qi Meng, Zhifang Zhang, Jinyu Zhang, Liming Liu, Xiaowen Zhang, Peizhi Yang,