Graphene oxide nanosheets as an effective template for the synthesis of porous TiO 2 film in dye-sensitized solar cells

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 358, Issue , 2015, Pages 175-180

  Wang, Ping ^a   He, Fenglong ^a   Wang, Jin ^a   Yu, Huogen ^a,b   Zhao, Li ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Wuhan University of Technology   (China)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Graphene oxide; Pore forming agent; Porous TiO 2 film

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCINATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; FILM PREPARATION; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; NANOSHEETS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; POROSITY; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEET; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEETS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE CALCINATION; INORGANIC NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION; PORE-FORMING AGENTS; POROUS INORGANIC MATERIALS; TIO2 FILM;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84934301653     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.06.102     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (47)

1. 2 films Nature 353 1991 737 740
2. - ) on nanocrystalline titanium dioxide electrodes J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115 1993 6382 6390
3. J. Burschka, A. Dualeh, F. Kessler, E. Baranoff, N.-L. Cevey-Ha, C. Yi, M.K. Nazeeruddin, and M. Grätzel Tris(2-(1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine) cobalt(III) as p-type dopant for organic semiconductors and its application in highly efficient solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133 2011 18042 18045
4. A. Sepehrifard, B.A. Kamino, T.P. Bender, and S. Morin Siliconized triarylamines as redox mediator in dye-sensitized solar cells ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 4 2012 6211 6215
5. S. Satapathi, H.S. Gill, S. Das, L. Li, L. Samuelson, M.J. Green, and J. Kumar Performance enhancement of dye-sensitized solar cells by incorporating graphene sheets of various sizes Appl. Surf. Sci. 314 2014 638 641
6. 2 photoanode for high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells J. Power Sources 278 2015 344 351
7. 3 -modified photoelectrode Appl. Surf. Sci. 333 2015 134 140
8. 2 nanoparticles/nanobelts double-layered film with improved photovoltaic performance Appl. Surf. Sci. 319 2014 75 82
9. 2 nanosheet/nanoparticle gradient film photoanode and its improved performance for dye-sensitized solar cells Nanoscale 6 2014 2390 2396
10. 2 nanosheets with enhanced photoelectric conversion efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells J. Power Sources 274 2015 77 84
11. A. Hagfeldt, G. Boschloo, L. Sun, L. Kloo, and H. Pettersson Dye-sensitized solar cells Chem. Rev. 110 2010 6595 6663
12. 2 nanoparticles J. Phys. Chem. C 112 2008 8486 8494
13. 2 solar cells J. Phys. Chem. B 104 2000 949 958
14. X.Q. Qiu, M. Liu, T. Hayashi, M. Miyauchi, and K. Hashimoto Solution-based synthesis of pyrite films with enhanced photocurrent generation Chem. Commun. 49 2013 1232 1234
15. L. Qiu, H. Zhang, W. Wang, Y. Chen, and R. Wang Effects of hydrazine hydrate treatment on the performance of reduced graphene oxide film as counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells Appl. Surf. Sci. 319 2014 339 343
16. 2 Chem. Mater. 24 2012 3800 3810
17. 2 nanorods with high porosity for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 5 2013 9205 9211
18. 2 hollow spheres by targeted etching and their photoelectrochemical properties Adv. Funct. Mater. 24 2014 95 104
19. 2 single nanocrystals with improved photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical activities ChemPlusChem 80 2015 688 696
20. 2 nanotube array composite films Appl. Surf. Sci. 309 2014 85 89
21. 2 microspheres and performance of their dye-sensitized solar cells Appl. Surf. Sci. 308 2014 301 305
22. 2 films exhibiting greatly enhanced performance in dye-sensitized solar cells Nano Lett. 5 2005 1789 1792
23. 2 with increased photoelectron production, and improved conduction and transfer: enhancing photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 3 2011 3002 3010
24. 2 spheres in dye-sensitized and hybrid heterojunction solar cells Langmuir 30 2014 3010 3018
25. Y. Zhang, Z. Xie, and J. Wang Supramolecular-templated thick mesoporous titania films for dye-sensitized solar cells: effect of morphology on performance ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 1 2009 2789 2795
26. 2 -enhancement of efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells Chem. Commun. 15 2005 2011 2013
27. 2 anodes for dye-sensitized solar cells Langmuir 25 2009 11162 11167
28. S. Phadke, A. Du Pasquier, and D.P. Birnie Enhanced electron transport through template-derived pore channels in dye-sensitized solar cells J. Phys. Chem. C 115 2011 18342 18347
29. E. Ramasamy, C. Jo, A. Anthonysamy, I. Jeong, J.K. Kim, and J. Lee Soft-template simple synthesis of ordered mesoporous titanium nitride-carbon nanocomposite for high performance dye-sensitized solar cell counter electrodes Chem. Mater. 24 2012 1575 1582
30. 2 film with high surface area and strong light harvesting for dye-sensitized solar cell ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2 2010 1844 1850
31. K.S. Novoselov, A.K. Geim, S.V. Morozov, D. Jiang, Y. Zhang, S.V. Dubonos, I.V. Grigorieva, and A.A. Firsov Electric field effect in atomically thin carbon films Science 306 2004 666 669
32. S. Stankovich, D.A. Dikin, G.H.B. Dommett, K.M. Kohlhaas, E.J. Zimney, E.A. Stach, R.D. Piner, S.T. Nguyen, and R.S. Ruoff Graphene-based composite materials Nature 442 2006 282 286
33. S. Gilje, S. Han, M. Wang, K.L. Wang, and R.B. Kaner A chemical route to graphene for device applications Nano Lett. 7 2007 3394 3398
34. Q. Xiang, J. Yu, and M. Jaroniec Graphene-based semiconductor photocatalysts Chem. Soc. Rev. 41 2012 782 796
35. 2 nanoparticles J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134 2012 6575 6578
36. 2 evolution under visible light irradiation ACS Nano 8 2014 7078 7087
37. 2 composites with p/n heterojunction ACS Nano 4 2010 6425 6432
38. 2 with graphene oxide J. Phys. Chem. C 117 2013 16734 16741
39. Q. Li, X. Li, S. Wageh, A.A. Al-Ghamdi, and J. Yu CdS/graphene nanocomposite photocatalysts Adv. Energy Mater. 2015 10.1002/aenm.201500010
40. 2 nanosheets/graphene composite films J. Mater. Chem. 22 2012 17027 17036
41. 2 -rGO nanocomposite photocatalysts with enhanced photocatalytic activity Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 132-133 2013 452 459
42. T.P. Chou, Q. Zhang, G.E. Fryxell, and G.Z. Cao Hierarchically structured ZnO film for dye-sensitized solar cells with enhanced energy conversion efficiency Adv. Mater. 19 2007 2588 2592
43. 2 hollow spheres/carbon nanotube composite films J. Power Sources 196 2011 7891 7898
44. 2 nanowires/nanoparticles composite photoanode with SrO shell coating for high performance dye-sensitized solar cell J. Power Sources 226 2013 8 15
45. 2 solar cells: a study by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy J. Phys. Chem. B 106 2002 5925 5930
46. 2 nanosheets with exposed (0 0 1) facets: improved photoelectric conversion efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells Nanoscale 2 2010 2144 2149
47. 2 photoanode prepared by a novel in situ simultaneous reduction-hydrolysis technique Nanoscale 5 2013 3481 3485