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Reduced graphene oxide-titania nanocomposite-modified photoanode for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells


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Lim, Su Pei and Pandikumar, Alagarsamy and Huang, Nay Ming and Lim, Hong Ngee (2015) Reduced graphene oxide-titania nanocomposite-modified photoanode for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells. International Journal of Energy Research, 39 (2). pp. 812-824. ISSN 0363-907X

Abstract

We report the successful application of reduced graphene oxide–titania (rGO–TiO2) nanocomposite as an efficient photoanode for dye‐sensitized solar cell (DSSC). The DSSC assembled with the rGO–TiO2‐modified photoanode demonstrated an enhanced solar to electrical energy conversion efficiency of 4.74% compared with the photoanode of DSSC composed with unmodified TiO2 (2.19%) under full sunlight illumination (100 mW/cm2, AM 1.5G) as a result of the better charge collection efficiency of rGO, which reduced the back electron transfer process. Influence of the rGO content on the overall efficiency was also investigated, and the optimal rGO content for TiO2 was 0.5 mg. Further, the modification of rGO–TiO2 on the compact layer TiO2 surface led to an increase in efficiency to 5.83%. The superior charge collection and enhanced solar energy conversion efficiency of the rGO–TiO2 nanocomposite makes it to be used as a promising alternative to conventional photoanode‐based DSSCs.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science
Institute of Advanced Technology
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1002/er.3307
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Keywords: rGO–TiO2; Nanocomposite; Dye-sensitized solar cells; Photocurrent; Solar energy; Graphene; Thin film; Blocking layer
Depositing User: Ms. Nida Hidayati Ghazali
Date Deposited: 07 May 2018 07:34
Last Modified: 07 May 2018 07:34
Altmetrics: http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1002/er.3307
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46103
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