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Sunflower-Like SrCo2S4@f-MWCNTs Hybrid Wrapped by Engineering N-Reduced Graphene Oxide for High Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Weiming Zhang1, Muhammad Wasim Khan1, Xueqin Zuo1, Qun Yang1, Huaibao Tang1,2, Shaowei Jin1,2, Guang Li1,2,3,*
1 School of Physics and Materials Science, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
2 Anhui Key Laboratory of Information Materials and Devices, Hefei, 230601, China
3 Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
* Corresponding Author: Guang Li. Email:
(This article belongs to this Special Issue: Renewable materials for sustainable development)
Journal of Renewable Materials 2020, 8(4), 431-446. https://doi.org/10.32604/jrm.2020.09158
Received 16 November 2019; Accepted 19 February 2020; Issue published 24 April 2020
Abstract
A novel sunflower-like nanocomposite of SrCo
2S
4 nanoflakes and
functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes (f-MWCNTs) entanglement enveloped
in nitrogen-reduced graphene oxide (N-RGO) is prepared by a cheap process. The
unique entanglement structure of the material exhibits higher specific surface area,
better electrical conductivity and other properties. This helps to reduce the transfer
resistance in the photoelectric process of the battery and improve the electrochemical activity, thus increasing the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the battery. The new ternary cobalt-based sulfide material can replace platinum as the
counter electrode (CE) material loaded on dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).
DSSCs with SrCo
2S
4@f-MWCNTs@N-RGO (SCS@f-M@N-R) as CE material
show excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency (PCE, 8.06%), even surpassing than that of Pt CE material (7.51%). The low cost, excellent electrocatalytic
performance and simple preparation method of SCS@f-M@N-R nanomaterial
provide feasibility for replacing platinum material as the CE material of DSSCs,
which is of great significance and persuasion.
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Zhang, W., Khan, M. W., Zuo, X., Yang, Q., Tang, H. et al. (2020). Sunflower-Like SrCo
2S
4@f-MWCNTs Hybrid Wrapped by Engineering N-Reduced Graphene Oxide for High Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.
Journal of Renewable Materials, 8(4), 431–446. https://doi.org/10.32604/jrm.2020.09158
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