With the advantages of excellent electrical properties, high catalytic activity and low-cost preparation, Graphene is one of the most expected carbon materials to replace the expensive Pt as counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). In this paper, graphene counter electrodes were obtained by simple doctor-blade coating method on fluorine tin oxides (FTOs). The samples were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscope (SEM). Then the low-cost graphene electrodes were applied in typical sandwich-type DSSCs with TiO2 or ZnO as photoanodes, and their photoelectric conversion efficiency (η) were about 4.34% and 2.28%, respectively, which were a little lower than those of Pt electrodes but much higher than those of graphite electrodes. This law was consistent with the test results of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Low-cost graphene electrodes can be applied in DSSCs by process optimization.
Graphene (rGO) was fabricated by modified Hummers method and a reducing process. Conductive polymer/graphene films were obtained by scalpel technology and used as photocathode in CdS quantum dot-sensitized solar cell (QDSSC). Polymers used in this paper were ethyl cellulose (EC), polyphenyl vinyl (PPV) and polyvinyl butyral (PVB), respectively. The obtained composite films were investigated by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy technology and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The photoelectric properties of QDSSCs were tested under AM 1.5 irradiation. Test results show that the film performance of the EC/rGO and PPV/rGO photocathode have been improved effectively. Power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the relative QDSSCs under AM 1.5 irradiation were 0.81% and 0.86%, respectively.
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