PERFORMANCE STUDY ON NiS-BASED COUNTER ELECTRODE DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS

Zhu Haina; Song Dandan; Xu Zheng; Ge Hong; Feng Hongyan

doi:10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2020-0765

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Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (4) : 162-166. DOI: 10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2020-0765

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PERFORMANCE STUDY ON NiS-BASED COUNTER ELECTRODE DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS

Zhu Haina¹, Song Dandan², Xu Zheng², Ge Hong¹, Feng Hongyan¹

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Development of novel non-platinum counter electrode is very important for developing low cost Dye-sensitized solar cells （DSCs）. Nickel sulfide（NiS） nanomaterials were synthesized from nano nickel oxide （NiO） and nickel salt, respectively. The NiS nanomaterials were mixed with poly（3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene）-poly（styrenesulfonate）,（PEDOT-PSS）, which were prepared as counter electrodes for DSCs. The photoelectric properties of DSCs with different counter electrode materials were studied. The results show that the performance of DSCs with PEDOT-PSS as counter electrode materials can be effectively improved by doped with NiS material prepared by these two methods. The performance of DSCs with NiS/ PEDOT-PSS composite in which NiS material is made by hydrothermal method is similar to Pt counter electrode device. The improvement of device performance is mainly due to the incorporation of NiS nanomaterial which improve the surface roughness and electrochemical activity of PEDOT-PSS film. The NiS/PEDOT-PSS composite electrode is a promising composite electrode material with the advantages of simple preparation, low cost and high efficiency.

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dye-sensitized solar cells / polymer films / nanomaterials / NiS

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Zhu Haina, Song Dandan, Xu Zheng, Ge Hong, Feng Hongyan. PERFORMANCE STUDY ON NiS-BASED COUNTER ELECTRODE DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS[J]. Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica. 2022, 43(4): 162-166 https://doi.org/10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2020-0765

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