Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6611051 | Electrochimica Acta | 2015 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Sb2S3 film was prepared on conductive substrate FTO via a facile process combining a hydrothermal procedure and post-annealing treatment, which was directly used as counter electrode (CE) for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Electrochemical characterizations demonstrate that the as-prepared Sb2S3 film exhibits sufficient electrocatalytic activity and stability for catalyzing the oxidation/reduction of triiodide to iodide. When used as CE in DSSCs, device using Sb2S3 CE that obtained after 24Â h of hydrothermal reaction achieves a maximum power conversion efficiency of 5.37%, equal to that using Pt CE (5.36%). Our study thus provides a highly desirable approach for preparing cheap and highly efficient Pt-free CEs for DSSCs, which has avoided the complicated electrode deposition procedure and large amount of material consumption.
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Authors
Panpan Sun, Fang Yao, Xiaoyao Ban, Niu Huang, Xiaohua Sun,