Transparent MSe2@N-doped Carbon Film as a Cathode for Co(Ⅲ/Ⅱ)-mediated Bifacial Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

doi:10.11901/1005.3093.2020.044

Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2020, Vol. 34

Issue (9): 683-690 DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2020.044

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Transparent MSe₂@N-doped Carbon Film as a Cathode for Co(Ⅲ/Ⅱ)-mediated Bifacial Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

OU Jinhua¹, HU Bonian¹, WANG Wei¹, HAN Yu²^,³(

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1. Department of Material and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Institute of Technology, Hengyang 421002, China
2. Faculty of Infrastructure Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
3. Liaoning Province Building Science Research Institute Co. Ltd., Shenyang 110005, China

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OU Jinhua, HU Bonian, WANG Wei, HAN Yu. Transparent MSe₂@N-doped Carbon Film as a Cathode for Co(Ⅲ/Ⅱ)-mediated Bifacial Dye-sensitized Solar Cells. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2020, 34(9): 683-690.

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Transparent MSe₂@N-doped carbon film was synthesized using a metal metalloporphyrin (M-TCPP, M=Ni,Fe) thin film as a template in the presence of selenium powder in nitrogen atmosphere, and the MSe₂@N-doped carbon film was used as the counter electrode (CE) in Co-mediated bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The morphology, structure and electrochemical performance of MSe₂@NCF were characterized, while the difference of charge transfer process and photovoltaic performance of the cells was discussed when irradiated at the front and rear of the DSSC. The NiSe₂@N-doped carbon film achieves admirable PCEs of 8.19% and 6.02% when irradiated at the front and rear of the device, respectively, which is comparable performance to that of a cell with a Pt CE (PCEs of 8.46% and 6.23%).

Key words: composite dye-sensitized dolar cells layer-by-layer self-assembly method counter electrode NiSe₂ FeSe₂

Received: 13 February 2020

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Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(51974115);Research Foundation of Education Bureau of Hunan Province(19B143)

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Fig.1 XRD patterns of MSe₂@NCF (a) NiSe₂@NC, (b) FeSe₂@NC

Fig.2 SEM images of FTO (a), NiSe₂@NCF (b), FeSe₂@NCF (c) and TEM images of NiSe₂@NCF (d), FeSe₂@NCF (e)

Fig.3 XPS spectra of NiSe₂@NCF: (a) C1s, (b) N1s, (c) Ni2p, (d) Se3d, and FeSe₂@NCF: (e) C1s, (f) N1s, (g) Fe2p, (h) Se3d

Fig.4 J-V curves of DSSCs using MSe₂@NCF (a) front-side irradiation; (b) rear-side irradiation; (c) UV-vis transmittance spectrums of MSe₂@NCF and Pt film; (d) UV-vis curves of Co²⁺/Co³⁺ and I₃^-/I^- electrolyte

Table 1 Photovoltaic parameters of DSSC using various MSe₂@NCF CEs

Fig.5 Nyquist plots of symmetrical cells with various CEs

Table 2 EIS parameters of DSSC with various CEs

Fig.6 Tafel curves of symmetrical cells fabricated with various CEs

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