A transparent nickel selenide counter electrode for high efficient dye-sensitized solar cells
A transparent nickel selenide counter electrode for high efficient dye-sensitized solar cells
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DOI:
10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.12.229
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发表时间:
2017-04-15
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6.7
通讯作者:
Fan, Leqing
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作者:
Dong, Jia;Wu, Jihuai;Fan, Leqing
Nickel selenide (Ni0.85Se) was synthesized by a facile one-step hydrothermal reaction and Ni0.85Se film was prepared by spin-coating Ni0.85Se ink on FTO and used as counter electrode (CE) in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). The Ni0.85Se CEs not only show high transmittance in visible range, but also possess remarkable electrocatalytic activity toward I-/I-3(-). The electrocatalytic ability of Ni0.85Se films was verified by cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and Tafel polarization curves. The DSSC using Ni0.85Se CE exhibits a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 8.96%, while the DSSC consisting of sputtered Pt CE only exhibits a PCE of 8.15%. When adding a mirror under Ni0.85Se CE, the resultant DSSC exhibits a PCE of 10.76%, which exceeds that of a DSSC based on sputtered Pt CE (8.44%) by 27.49%. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.