Theoretical design and experimental synthesis of counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells: Amino-functionalized graphene

doi:10.1016/j.jechem.2016.07.002

能源化学(英文) ›› 2016, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (5): 861-867.DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2016.07.002

Theoretical design and experimental synthesis of counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells: Amino-functionalized graphene

Yiyi Jia¹, Yantao Shi^2,1, Jieshan Qiu², Ce Hao¹

a State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, Liaoning, China;
b State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, Liaoning, China

收稿日期:2016-04-08 修回日期:2016-06-12 出版日期:2016-09-15 发布日期:2016-09-30
通讯作者: Yantao Shi, Ce Hao
基金资助:
Financial support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51402036, 21373042), International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China (Grant No. 2013DFA51000), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. DUT15YQ109). This research was also supported by the State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals of China.

Theoretical design and experimental synthesis of counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells: Amino-functionalized graphene

Yiyi Jia¹, Yantao Shi^2,1, Jieshan Qiu², Ce Hao¹

a State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, Liaoning, China;
b State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, Liaoning, China

Received:2016-04-08 Revised:2016-06-12 Online:2016-09-15 Published:2016-09-30
Contact: Yantao Shi, Ce Hao
Supported by:
Financial support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51402036, 21373042), International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China (Grant No. 2013DFA51000), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. DUT15YQ109). This research was also supported by the State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals of China.

摘要/Abstract

摘要： For some specific catalytic reaction, how to construct active sites on two dimensional materials is of great scientific significance. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) can be viewed as one representative photovoltaics because in which liquid electrolyte with triiodide/iodide (I₃^-/I^-) as redox couples are involved. In this study, amino-functionalized graphene (AFG) has been designed according to theoretically analyzing iodine reduction reaction (IRR) processes and rationally screening the volcanic plot. Then, such AFG has been successfully synthesized by a simple hydrothermal method and shows high electrocatalytic activity towards IRR when serving as counter electrode in DSCs. Finally, a high conversion efficiency of 7.39% by AFG-based DSCs was obtained, which is close to that using Pt as counter electrode.

关键词: Dye-sensitized solar cell, Counter electrode, Density functional theory, Volcanic plot, Amio-functionalized graphene

Abstract: For some specific catalytic reaction, how to construct active sites on two dimensional materials is of great scientific significance. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) can be viewed as one representative photovoltaics because in which liquid electrolyte with triiodide/iodide (I₃^-/I^-) as redox couples are involved. In this study, amino-functionalized graphene (AFG) has been designed according to theoretically analyzing iodine reduction reaction (IRR) processes and rationally screening the volcanic plot. Then, such AFG has been successfully synthesized by a simple hydrothermal method and shows high electrocatalytic activity towards IRR when serving as counter electrode in DSCs. Finally, a high conversion efficiency of 7.39% by AFG-based DSCs was obtained, which is close to that using Pt as counter electrode.

Key words: Dye-sensitized solar cell, Counter electrode, Density functional theory, Volcanic plot, Amio-functionalized graphene

Yiyi Jia, Yantao Shi, Jieshan Qiu, Ce Hao. Theoretical design and experimental synthesis of counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells: Amino-functionalized graphene[J]. 能源化学(英文), 2016, 25(5): 861-867.

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