Molybdenum selenide is a potential alternative to counter electrode of a platinum-free dye-sensitized solar cell(DSSC). In this work, an in situ magnetron sputtering method is developed to prepare MoSe2 electrodes. Th...Molybdenum selenide is a potential alternative to counter electrode of a platinum-free dye-sensitized solar cell(DSSC). In this work, an in situ magnetron sputtering method is developed to prepare MoSe2 electrodes. The MoSe2 electrodes obtained at various temperatures from 300 and 550 ℃ are used as counter electrode for a dye-sensitized solar cell. Photovoltaic measurement results indicate that the MoSe2 electrodes prepared at 400 ℃ has the optimized performance, and the corresponding DSSCs provide an energy conversion efficiency of 6.83% which is comparable than that of the reference DSSC with platinum as counter electrode(6.51%). With further increasing the preparation temperature of the MoSe2 electrodes, the corresponding DSSCs decrease gradually to 5.96% for 550 ℃. Electrochemical impedance spectra(EIS) reveal that charge transfer resistance(Rct) of MoSe2 electrodes is rising with increase of the temperature from 400 to 500 ℃, suggesting a downward electrocatalytic activity. Though the MoSe2 electrode prepared at 550 ℃ show a reduced Rct, its series resistance(Rs) and diffusion resistance(Zw) increase obviously. Considering that MoSe2 phase cannot be formed at 300 ℃, it can be concluded that the prepared temperature as low as possible is favored for its final electrochemical performance. The results are very significant for developing low-cost and responsible counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program(973 Program,2015CB251100)Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin(18JCZDJC31000)~~
文摘Molybdenum selenide is a potential alternative to counter electrode of a platinum-free dye-sensitized solar cell(DSSC). In this work, an in situ magnetron sputtering method is developed to prepare MoSe2 electrodes. The MoSe2 electrodes obtained at various temperatures from 300 and 550 ℃ are used as counter electrode for a dye-sensitized solar cell. Photovoltaic measurement results indicate that the MoSe2 electrodes prepared at 400 ℃ has the optimized performance, and the corresponding DSSCs provide an energy conversion efficiency of 6.83% which is comparable than that of the reference DSSC with platinum as counter electrode(6.51%). With further increasing the preparation temperature of the MoSe2 electrodes, the corresponding DSSCs decrease gradually to 5.96% for 550 ℃. Electrochemical impedance spectra(EIS) reveal that charge transfer resistance(Rct) of MoSe2 electrodes is rising with increase of the temperature from 400 to 500 ℃, suggesting a downward electrocatalytic activity. Though the MoSe2 electrode prepared at 550 ℃ show a reduced Rct, its series resistance(Rs) and diffusion resistance(Zw) increase obviously. Considering that MoSe2 phase cannot be formed at 300 ℃, it can be concluded that the prepared temperature as low as possible is favored for its final electrochemical performance. The results are very significant for developing low-cost and responsible counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells.
