Optimum engineering of a PtSn alloys/reduced graphene oxide nanohybrid for a highly efficient counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells

Ik-Kyu Jin; Van-Duong Dao; Liudmila L. Larina; Ho-Suk Choi

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.36, 238-244, April, 2016

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2016.02.007 Export Citation

Optimum engineering of a PtSn alloys/reduced graphene oxide nanohybrid for a highly efficient counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells

Ik-Kyu Jin¹, Van-Duong Dao², Liudmila L. Larina^{2, 3}, and Ho-Suk Choi^{1, 2, †}

¹Graduate School of Advanced Circuit Substrate Engineering, Chungnam National University, 220 Gung-Dong, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea
²Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, 220 Gung-Dong, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea
³Department of Solar Photovoltaics, Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygin St. 4, 119334 Moscow, Russia, Korea

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Well-dispersed Pt1-xSnx alloy nanoparticles (NPs) were stabilized with RGO after a co-reduction of metal precursor ions and graphene oxide via a dry plasma reduction under an atmospheric pressure and close to room temperature. The highest electrocatalytic performance, which corresponds to the lowest charge transfer resistance of 1.12 Ω, is achieved with the Pt0.9Sn0.1 NPs/RGO nanohybrid. The application of the optimized Pt0.9Sn0.1 NPs/RGO nanohybrid as an alternative CE for DSCs results in an increase of the efficiency by 14.67% over that of a Pt/RGO-based DSC and an increase of 48.96% over the efficiency of a Pt-free device.

Keywords:Nanohybrid;PtSn alloy;Dry plasma reduction;Counter electrode;Dye-sensitized solar cells

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[10] Yun S, Wang L, Zhao C, Wang Y, Ma T, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 15, 4286 (2013)

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