Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5599/jese.1977
Electrochemical evaluations of reduced graphene oxide for efficient counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cell
Krishna K. Jhankal
; Department of Chemistry, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur 302004 (India)
Mohammed Saquib Khan
; Materials Research Centre, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur 302017, India
Deependra Jhankal
; Department of Physics, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur 302017, India
Kanupriya Sachdev
; Department of Physics, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur 302017, India
Abstract
The design and development of an alternative counter electrode (CE) using graphene-based low-cost material for the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is the major motivation of the current research to replace the traditional platinum counter electrode. Herein, we prepared reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and investigated it for an efficient CE in DSSC. The structural and morphological properties of rGO are analyzed using FESEM, TEM and Raman techniques. The performance of I3- reduction on the CE is characterized by the EIS Nyquist plot, cyclic voltammetry, and the Tafel curve. The measured electrochemical results suggested that rGO CE has a lower charge transfer resistance (Rct), higher cathodic current density (Jrd), and higher Tafel slope as compared to graphene oxide (GO) CE, revealing that rGO CE has good catalytic activity towards the I3- reduction.
Keywords
Carbon nanomaterials; redox electrolyte; defect density; environmentally friendly synthesis; electrochemical performance
Hrčak ID:
311028
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Publication date:
7.12.2023.
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