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Jin BB, Huang HS, Kong SY, Zhang GQ, Yang B, Jiang CX, Zhou Y, Wang DJ, Zeng JH. Antimony tin oxide/lead selenide composite as efficient counter electrode material for quantum dot-sensitized solar cells. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 598:492-499. [PMID: 33951547 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.04.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Antimony tin oxide (ATO)/lead selenide (PbSe) composite was rationally designed and fabricated on fluorine doped tin oxide glass (FTO) for using as counter electrode (CE) of quantum dot sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs). The electrocatalytic activity of the CE is deeply investigated in the polysulfide electrolyte by employing the Tafel, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV) of the symmetrical cells. The results confirm that the ATO/PbSe CE has better electrocatalytic activity and stability than that of PbSe CE obtained by pulse voltage electrodeposition (PVD). The enhanced electrocatalytic performance of ATO/PbSe CE can be attributed to its high specific surface area, excellent permeability, conductivity and interface connectivity, which provide more electrocatalytic active sites for the reduction of polysulfide species, as well as fast channels for ions diffusion and electron transport. As a result, the CdS QDSSCs and CdS/CdSe co-sensitized QDSSCs assembled by the ATO/PbSe CE exhibits better power conversion efficiency (η) of 1.72% and 5.59%, respectively than that of PbSe CE obtained by PVD. Furthermore, photovoltaic property of the ATO/PbSe CE in CdS/CdSe co-sensitized QDSSCs keeps stable for over 200 min. This present work provides a simple and effective strategy for the construction of high-performance CE materials of QDSSCs.
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- Bin Bin Jin
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Inorganic Special Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing 408100, China.
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Inorganic Special Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing 408100, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Inorganic Special Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing 408100, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Inorganic Special Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing 408100, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Inorganic Special Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing 408100, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Inorganic Special Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing 408100, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Inorganic Special Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing 408100, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Yan'an University, Yan'an 716000, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China.
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Cao X, Li H, Li G, Gao X. Electrocatalytically active MoSe2 counter electrode prepared in situ by magnetron sputtering for a dye-sensitized solar cell. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(19)63380-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Stöber synthesis of tannic acid–formaldehyde resin polymer spheres and their derived carbon nanospheres and nanocomposites for oxygen reduction reaction. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 528:1-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.05.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Revised: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hessein A, El-Moneim AA. Synthesis of copper sulfide/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites for use as the counter electrodes of high-performance CdS-sensitized solar cells. NEW CARBON MATERIALS 2018; 33:26-35. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-5805(18)60324-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Li Y, Yin J, Chu C, Sui N, Shi S, Wei J, Di F, Guo J, Wang C, Xu W, Zhang K, Li X, Guo T, Chen B, Zhang Y, Wei D, Hao H, Wei X, Zhang X, Zhao J, Zhou H, Wang S. Earth-abundant Fe1−xS@S-doped graphene oxide nano–micro composites as high-performance cathode catalysts for green solar energy utilization: fast interfacial electron exchange. RSC Adv 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra13225e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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DSCs based on Fe1−xS@S-GO–NMC cathode achieved a high solar-to-electrical conversion efficiency up to 7.23%.
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Seo H, Gopi CV, Kim HJ, Itagaki N, Koga K, Shiratani M. Performance enhancement of quantum dot-sensitized solar cells based on polymer nano-composite catalyst. Electrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.08.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Zhang C, Deng L, Zhang P, Ren X, Li Y, He T. Electrospun FeS nanorods with enhanced stability as counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells. Electrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.01.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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A novel electrochemical sensor based on FeS anchored reduced graphene oxide nanosheets for simultaneous determination of dopamine and acetaminophen. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2017; 70:628-636. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2016.09.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Revised: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Wang S, Tian J. Recent advances in counter electrodes of quantum dot-sensitized solar cells. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra19226b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The recent progress in the development of counter electrodes (CEs) is reviewed, and the key issues for the materials, structures and performance evaluation of CEs are also addressed.
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- Shixun Wang
- Institute of Advanced Materials Technology
- University of Science and Technology Beijing
- Beijing
- China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials Technology
- University of Science and Technology Beijing
- Beijing
- China
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