Incorporation of graphene into SnO2 photoanodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Batmunkh, Munkhbayar; Dadkhah, Mahnaz; Shearer, Cameron J.; Biggs, Mark J.; Shapter, Joseph G.

doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.06.146

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“…Although, SnO 2 has been used as a potential alternative to the conventional TiO 2 semiconducting layer, it has shortcomings of poor dye adsorption and slow electron transfer rate, both of which impair device performance. 98 Interestingly, these drawbacks can be addressed by using a hybrid semiconducting layer, such as TiO 2 /SnO 2 /graphene, proposed by Basu et al, 99 which increases dye loading and electron transfer rate, as illustrated in Fig. 6, and hence in their case, resulted in a $16% increment in PCE to 3.37%, i.e., from 2.91% for the TiO 2 /SnO 2 control device, assembled without graphene.…”

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Recent advances in graphene-based materials for dye-sensitized solar cell fabrication

2020

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Recent advances in graphene-based materials for dye-sensitized solar cell fabrication

2020

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“…Batmunkh et al [38] used SnO 2 and reduced SnO 2 -RGO as photoanode in DSSCs synthesized by microwave-assisted method. The incorporation of RGO into SnO 2 resulted in greater electron transfer, thus enhancing the PCE of device by 91.5%.…”

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Graphene/Metal Oxide Nanocomposite Usage as Photoanode in Dye-Sensitized and Perovskite Solar Cells

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Aslam²,

Akhtar³

2020

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Global energy shortage will be one of the most critical challenges in the next 50 years. Currently, over 80% of energy consumed is produced from fossil fuels, which is directly linked to global warming and environmental pollution issues. Environment-friendly renewable energy is rapidly gaining importance for the existence of human civilization. A leading source of renewable energy is the solar energy, which is inexhaustible and abundantly available. Solar cells that convert solar energy directly into electricity are drawing considerable attention as a potential turnkey solution to address these challenges. Several approaches have been made in this respect, including the development of better materials and the designs of new solar cell configuration and architecture. Among the innovative materials with potential application in emerging 3G solar cells, graphene and its derivatives such as GO, rGO and G/nanocomposite have been widely explored as transparent conducting electrodes, electron donor or acceptor materials and counter electrodes (CE). In this chapter, the use of graphene nanocomposites has been explored as an electrode material in DSSCs and PSCs. Recently, graphene/metal oxide nanocomposites have been widely used in DSSCs and PSCs and played a significant role in increasing charge transport, reducing charge recombination and thus enhancing the performance of solar cell.

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“…Traditionally, these electrodes have been based on degenerate doped wide band gap semiconductors such as gallium-doped zinc oxide (GZO), fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) or tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) [2][3][4]. Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) are widely used in research and industrial applications including LCD screens, touch panels, transparent electronics, or photovoltaic devices [5][6][7][8]. Particularly for photovoltaics, ITO is commonly used as the front transparent conductive electrode and plays a fundamental role in many types of solar cells, from conventional crystalline silicon solar cells to organic solar cells [9][10][11].…”

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Influence of Co-Sputtered Ag:Al Ultra-Thin Layers in Transparent V2O5/Ag:Al/AZO Hole-Selective Electrodes for Silicon Solar Cells

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As optoelectronic devices continue to improve, control over film thickness has become crucial, especially in applications that require ultra-thin films. A variety of undesired effects may arise depending on the specific growth mechanism of each material, for instance a percolation threshold thickness is present in Volmer-Webber growth of materials such as silver. In this paper, we explore the introduction of aluminum in silver films as a mechanism to grow ultrathin metallic films of high transparency and low sheet resistance, suitable for many optoelectronic applications. Furthermore, we implemented such ultra-thin metallic films in Dielectric/Metal/Dielectric (DMD) structures based on Aluminum-doped Zinc Oxide (AZO) as the dielectric with an ultra-thin silver aluminum (Ag:Al) metallic interlayer. The multilayer structures were deposited by magnetron sputtering, which offers an industrial advantage and superior reliability over thermally evaporated DMDs. Finally, we tested the optimized DMD structures as a front contact for n-type silicon solar cells by introducing a hole-selective vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) dielectric layer.

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Incorporation of graphene into SnO2 photoanodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Cited by 43 publications

References 54 publications

Recent advances in graphene-based materials for dye-sensitized solar cell fabrication

Recent advances in graphene-based materials for dye-sensitized solar cell fabrication

Graphene/Metal Oxide Nanocomposite Usage as Photoanode in Dye-Sensitized and Perovskite Solar Cells

Influence of Co-Sputtered Ag:Al Ultra-Thin Layers in Transparent V2O5/Ag:Al/AZO Hole-Selective Electrodes for Silicon Solar Cells

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