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OPTIK
Volume 139, Issue -, Pages 291-298Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2017.04.025
Keywords
Reduced graphene oxide; Energy conversion; Dye-sensitized solar cell; Nanomaterials; Counter electrode
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- TWAS-COMSTECH Joint Research Grant [20170001-102-11]
- National Nanotechnology Directorate Division [2014-0015-102-03]
- Fundamental Research Grant Scheme [2015-0154-102-02]
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In this work, 4-bis(neopentyloxy)-3-(neopentyloxycarbonyI)-1,4-dioxobutane-2-silphonate (TC14) surfactant assisted reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was used as a counter electrode (CE) in dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). Field emission scanning electron microscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy observations revealed that the TC14-rGO film was well dispersed on fluorine-doped tin oxide surface. The TC14-rGO modified CE based DSSC showed a power conversion efficiency of 0.828%, a short current density (J(sc)) of 2.72 mAcm(-2), an open circuit voltage (V-oc) of 0.65 V, and a fill factor (FF) of 41.9 which were higher than those CE fabricated from commercially available SDS surfactant assisted rGO. Results revealed that TC14-rGO is a potential CE material to construct efficient DSSC for future solar cell applications. (C) 2017 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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