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Indium- and Platinum-Free Counter Electrode for Green Mesoscopic Photovoltaics through Graphene Electrode and Graphene Composite Catalysts: Interfacial Compatibility
The scarcity and noble indium and
platinum (Pt) are important elements in photoelectric nanomaterials.
Therefore, development of low cost alternative materials to meet different
practical applications is an urgent need. Two-dimensional (2D) layered
graphene (GE) with unique physical, mechanical, and electrical properties
has recently drawn a great deal of attention in various optoelectronic
fields. Herein, the large scale (21 cm × 15 cm) high-quality
single layer graphene (SLG) and multilayer graphene on a flexible
plastic substrate PET were controllably prepared through layer-by-layer
(LBL) transfer using the thermal release adhesive transfer method
(TRA-TM). Transmission and antibending performance based on PET/GE
were superior to traditional PET/ITO. The square resistance of a nine-layer
graphene electrode reached approximately 58 Ω. Combined with
our newly developed and highly effective Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@RGO (reduced graphene oxide) catalyst, the power conversion efficiency
of the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) using flexible PET/GE conductive
substrate was comparable to that of the DSC using the PET/ITO substrate.
The desirable performance of PET/GE/Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@RGO
counter electrodes (low-cost indium- and platinum-free counter electrodes) is attributed to
the interfacial compatibility between 2D graphene composite catalyst
(Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@RGO) and 2D PET/GE conductive substrate.
In addition, DSCs that use only PET/GE (without Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@RGO catalyst) as counter electrodes can also achieve a photocurrent
density of 6.30 mA cm<sup>–2</sup>. This work is beneficial
for fundamental research and practical applications of graphene and
graphene composite in photovoltaics, photocatalytic water splitting,
supercapacitors