Synthesis of 3D cauliflower-fungus-like graphene from CO2 as a highly efficient counter electrode material for dye-sensitized solar cells
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-28-2014
Department
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Abstract
Three dimensional cauliflower-fungus-like graphene (3D CFG), which possesses high conductivity and excellent catalytic activity, was directly synthesized from CO2. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) with 3D CFG as a counter electrode exhibited a high energy conversion efficiency of 8.1%, which is 10 times higher than that (0.7%) of a DSSC with a counter electrode based on the regular graphene synthesized via chemical exfoliation of graphite. The efficiency is even better than that (7.5%) of the DSSCs with an expensive Pt counter electrode. This would provide a novel approach not only to synthesize free-standing 3D graphene for solar cells, but also to control CO2 emission. This journal is
Publication Title
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Recommended Citation
Wei, W.,
Sun, K.,
&
Hu, Y.
(2014).
Synthesis of 3D cauliflower-fungus-like graphene from CO2 as a highly efficient counter electrode material for dye-sensitized solar cells.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A,
2(40), 16842-16846.
http://doi.org/10.1039/c4ta03909b
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/2539
Publisher's Statement
© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2014. Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ta03909b