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NiS nanoparticles anchored on reduced graphene oxide to enhance the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

Authors: Xueqin Zuo, Rongyao Zhang, Bo Yang, Guang Li, Huaibao Tang, Haijun Zhang, Mingzai Wu, Yongqing Ma, Shaowei Jin, Kerong Zhu

Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics | Issue 10/2015

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NiS nanoparticles anchored on reduced graphene oxide (NiS/RGO) composites were synthesized by a facile solvothermal route and served as the efficient counter electrodes (CE) for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The electrochemical measurements indicate that the NiS/RGO nanocomposites electrode possesses the lowest charge transfer resistance and highest electrocatalytic activity among all of the electrodes used RGO, NiS and NiS/RGO. The power conversion efficiency of DSSC fabricated with the NiS/RGO CE achieves 7.67 %, which is observably higher than that of using pristine RGO counter electrode (2.92 %) or NiS counter electrode (6.25 %) and also superior to Pt CE (7.21 %) under the same test conditions.

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Title: NiS nanoparticles anchored on reduced graphene oxide to enhance the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells
Authors: Xueqin Zuo
Rongyao Zhang
Bo Yang
Guang Li
Huaibao Tang
Haijun Zhang
Mingzai Wu
Yongqing Ma
Shaowei Jin
Kerong Zhu
Publication date: 01-10-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Issue 10/2015
Print ISSN: 0957-4522
Electronic ISSN: 1573-482X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-015-3478-1

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