Issue 23, 2013
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An insight into the effect of nitrogen doping on the performance of a reduced graphene oxide counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells†

Xiaoying Zhang,ab   Shuping Pang,a   Xiao Chen,a   Kejun Zhang,ab   Zhihong Liu,a   Xinhong Zhouc  and  Guanglei Cui*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, P. R. China
E-mail: cuigl@qibebt.ac.cn

b University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

c Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, P. R. China

Abstract

N doped reduced graphene oxide nanosheets (N-GNSs) with controllable N-doping and integrated with stainless steel are explored as an efficient metal-free catalyst for the I3− reduction reaction, revealing evident correlations between the electrocatalytic activity and the N-doping content of graphene. In addition, it is found that VOC is enhanced by about 60 mV for the cells constructed with N-GNSs and the increment of VOC increases with a decreasing amount of N-doping, as expected from the trend in the flat-band potential (Efb).

Graphical abstract: An insight into the effect of nitrogen doping on the performance of a reduced graphene oxide counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA40847G
Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Feb 2013
Accepted
01 Apr 2013
First published
03 Apr 2013

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 9005-9010

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An insight into the effect of nitrogen doping on the performance of a reduced graphene oxide counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

X. Zhang, S. Pang, X. Chen, K. Zhang, Z. Liu, X. Zhou and G. Cui, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 9005 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA40847G

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