3D graphene from CO2 and K as an excellent counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2017

Department

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Abstract

Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 3D graphene, which was synthesized directly from CO2 via its exothermic reaction with liquid K, exhibited excellent performance as a counter electrode for a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). The DSSC has achieved a high power conversion efficiency of 8.25%, which is 10 times larger than that (0.74%) of a DSSC with a counter electrode of the regular graphene synthesized via chemical exfoliation of graphite. The efficiency is even higher than that (7.73%) of a dye-sensitized solar cell with an expensive standard Pt counter electrode. This work provides a novel approach to utilize a greenhouse gas for DSSCs.

Publication Title

International Journal of Energy Research

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