Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5451227 | Solar Energy | 2017 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Exploration of cost-effective and transparent counter electrodes (CEs) with high electrocatalytic activity has been a persistent objective of bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) development. Here, with an aim of accelerating charge transfer and increasing the active sites of a transparent CE, molybdenum sulfide (MoS2) decorated aniline complexes are synthesized by a reflux technique and subsequently in-situ polymerized for transparent polyaniline (PANi)-MoS2 complex CEs for efficient bifacial DSSCs. The preliminary results indicate that the electrocatalytic activity toward I3â reduction of PANi-MoS2 complex CE is dramatically enhanced due to the fast charge transfer between PANi (N atoms) and MoS2 (Mo atoms) by the metal (dÏ)-nitrogen (pÏ) antibonding interaction. Owing to the high optical transparency, electrocatalytic reduction toward I3â species, superior charge-transfer ability for Iâ/I3â redox couples, the bifacial DSSCs based on PANi-6Â wtâ° MoS2 complexes CE yield a maximum power conversion efficiency of 7.99% from front irradiation, 3.40% from rear irradiation and 9.71% from both irradiation, which are higher than front, rear and both efficiencies of 6.37%, 1.78% and 7.50% for DSSC employing PANi CE, respectively. The high optical transparency and electrocatalytic activity along with simple preparation, relatively low cost and scalability demonstrate the potential use of PANi-MoS2 complex as a robust CE in bifacial DSSCs.
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Authors
Benlin He, Xin Zhang, Hongna Zhang, Jinyu Li, Qi Meng, Qunwei Tang,