Journal
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 96, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3318466
Keywords
adsorption; carrier lifetime; dyes; graphene; nanocomposites; nanoparticles; semiconductor materials; solar cells; titanium compounds
Categories
Funding
- National Basic Research Program [2005CB623605]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [50602049]
- Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [0852nm 01900, 08QA14073]
- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics [SCX200709]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
In this study, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) were fabricated using graphene-TiO2 composite photoanodes. The graphene-TiO2 nanocomposites were prepared using the heterogeneous coagulation between Nafion-coated graphene and commercial TiO2 (P25) nanoparticles, which ensured a tight interfacial binding between them. The DSSC incorporating 0.5 wt % graphene in the TiO2 photoanode demonstrates a power conversion efficiency of 4.28%, which is 59% higher than that without graphene. It was found that the incorporated graphene caused both increased dye adsorption and significant longer electron lifetime. Graphene has been proven to be an attractive candidate for improving the performance of DSSC.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available
Share Paper
