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NANOSCALE
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 477-482Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3nr04871c
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- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- MEST (Ministry of Education, Science and Technology) [2010-0006120]
- Korean Brain Pool Program [131S-6-3-0538]
- Future Core Technology Project of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) [2E23964-13-045]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2010-0006120, 131S-6-3-0538] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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NiO nanoparticles (NPs) were hybridized on the surface of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) by dry plasma reduction (DPR) at atmospheric pressure without any toxic chemicals and at a low temperature. NiO-NPs of 0.5-3 nm size, with a typical size of 1.5 nm, were uniformly hybridized on the surface of RGO. An XPS analysis and the Raman spectra also revealed the repair of some structural damage on the basal plane of the graphene. The material when applied to the counter electrode (CE) of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) exhibited a power conversion efficiency of 7.42% (+/- 0.10%), which is comparable to a conventional Pt-sputtered CE (8.18% (+/- 0.08%)). This material outperformed CEs produced using NiO-NPs (1.53% (+/- 0.15%)), GO (4.48% (+/- 0.12%)) and RGO (5.18% (+/- 0.11)) due to its high electrochemical catalytic activity and high conductivity. The charge transfer resistance for NiO-NP-RGO was as low as 1.93 Omega cm(2), while those of a NiO-NP-immobilized electrode and a GO-coated electrode were 44.39 Omega cm(2) and 12.19 Omega cm(2), respectively, due to a synergistic effect.
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