期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 9, 期 33, 页码 27607-27617出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b05418
关键词
hybrids; counter electrode; electrocatalytic; solar cells; energy conversion
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21601120, 11375111, 11428410, 41430644]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2017M610244]
- Science Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [14DZ2250800, 17ZR1410500, 14JC1402000]
- Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University [IRT13078]
Platinum (Pt)-based alloys are considerably promising electrocatalysts for the reduction of I-/I-3(-) and Co2+/Co3+ redox couples in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). However, it is still challenging to minimize the dosage of Pt to achieve comparable or even higher catalytic efficiency. Here, by taking full advantages of the Mott-Schottky (M-S) effect at the metal-semiconductor interface, we successfully strategize a low-Pt-based M-S catalyst with enhanced electrocatalytic performance and stability for the large-scale application of DSSCs. The optimized M-S electrocatalyst of Ni3S4-Pt2X1 (X = Fe, Ni) heteronanorods is constructed by rationally controlling the ratio of Pt to transition metal in the hybrids. It was found that the electrons transferred from Ni3S4 to Pt2X1 at their interface under the Mott-Schottky effect result in the concentration of electrons onto Pt2X1 domains, which subsequently accelerates the regeneration of both I-/I-3(-) and Co2+/Co3+ redox shuttles in DSSCs. As a result, the DSSC with Ni3S4-Pt2Fe1 manifests an impressive power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 8.79% and 5.56% for iodine and cobalt-based electrolyte under AM1.5G illumination, respectively. These PCEs are obviously superior over those with Ni3S4-Pt, PtFe, Ni3S4, and pristine Pt electrodes. The strategy reported here is able to be further expanded to fabricate other low-Pt-alloyed M-S catalysts for wider applications in the fields of photocatalysis, water splitting, and heterojunction solar cells.
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