Solution-plasma-induced oxygen vacancy enhances MoOx/Pt electrocatalytic counter electrode for bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells
Bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), harvesting light from both front and rear sides, are potential high-efficiency photovoltaic devices with broad application environments. The electrocatalytic counter electrodes (CEs) of bifacial DSCs could determine the light-harvesting from the rear side...
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| author | Yanan Li Yinglin Wang Jianfei Lin Yuming Shi Kuangyu Zhu Yanmei Xing Xiaofei Li Yuwen Jia Xintong Zhang |
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| description | Bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), harvesting light from both front and rear sides, are potential high-efficiency photovoltaic devices with broad application environments. The electrocatalytic counter electrodes (CEs) of bifacial DSCs could determine the light-harvesting from the rear side and the charge collection of solar cells through electrocatalytic processes. As a result, high-activity and high-transparency CEs are essential for bifacial DSCs. Recently, novel CEs based on strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) have been proven to improve the catalysis and stability of the metal catalytic sites and induce great efficiency increase of bifacial DSCs. However, the contradiction between the transparency and conductivity of support is still a major challenge for the application of SMSI-based CEs on bifacial DSCs. Herein, we utilized a solution plasma (SP) method to introduce oxygen vacancies into a transparent MoOx support film. These SP-induced oxygen vacancies improved the conductivity of MoOx and the interaction between the metal Pt catalytic sites and support, thereby enhancing the catalytic activity and transparency of MoOx/Pt CEs. Consequently, the bifacial DSCs with MoOx/Pt CEs yielded a high efficiency of 7.56% and 6.41% with the front- and rear-side illumination, respectively. This impressive front-to-rear efficiency ratio of 85% indicates that the SP method has a positive effect in constructing high-performance CEs and other electrocatalytic materials based on the SMSI. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d0e3663a841c4e77b4d0fdfc511aa2192022-12-22T02:32:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Energy Research2296-598X2022-08-011010.3389/fenrg.2022.924515924515Solution-plasma-induced oxygen vacancy enhances MoOx/Pt electrocatalytic counter electrode for bifacial dye-sensitized solar cellsYanan LiYinglin WangJianfei LinYuming ShiKuangyu ZhuYanmei XingXiaofei LiYuwen JiaXintong ZhangBifacial dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), harvesting light from both front and rear sides, are potential high-efficiency photovoltaic devices with broad application environments. The electrocatalytic counter electrodes (CEs) of bifacial DSCs could determine the light-harvesting from the rear side and the charge collection of solar cells through electrocatalytic processes. As a result, high-activity and high-transparency CEs are essential for bifacial DSCs. Recently, novel CEs based on strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) have been proven to improve the catalysis and stability of the metal catalytic sites and induce great efficiency increase of bifacial DSCs. However, the contradiction between the transparency and conductivity of support is still a major challenge for the application of SMSI-based CEs on bifacial DSCs. Herein, we utilized a solution plasma (SP) method to introduce oxygen vacancies into a transparent MoOx support film. These SP-induced oxygen vacancies improved the conductivity of MoOx and the interaction between the metal Pt catalytic sites and support, thereby enhancing the catalytic activity and transparency of MoOx/Pt CEs. Consequently, the bifacial DSCs with MoOx/Pt CEs yielded a high efficiency of 7.56% and 6.41% with the front- and rear-side illumination, respectively. This impressive front-to-rear efficiency ratio of 85% indicates that the SP method has a positive effect in constructing high-performance CEs and other electrocatalytic materials based on the SMSI.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2022.924515/fulldye-sensitized solar cellselectrocatalytic activitycounter electrodeoxygen vacancysolution plasma process |
| spellingShingle | Yanan Li Yinglin Wang Jianfei Lin Yuming Shi Kuangyu Zhu Yanmei Xing Xiaofei Li Yuwen Jia Xintong Zhang Solution-plasma-induced oxygen vacancy enhances MoOx/Pt electrocatalytic counter electrode for bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells Frontiers in Energy Research dye-sensitized solar cells electrocatalytic activity counter electrode oxygen vacancy solution plasma process |
| title | Solution-plasma-induced oxygen vacancy enhances MoOx/Pt electrocatalytic counter electrode for bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells |
| title_full | Solution-plasma-induced oxygen vacancy enhances MoOx/Pt electrocatalytic counter electrode for bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells |
| title_fullStr | Solution-plasma-induced oxygen vacancy enhances MoOx/Pt electrocatalytic counter electrode for bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | Solution-plasma-induced oxygen vacancy enhances MoOx/Pt electrocatalytic counter electrode for bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells |
| title_short | Solution-plasma-induced oxygen vacancy enhances MoOx/Pt electrocatalytic counter electrode for bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells |
| title_sort | solution plasma induced oxygen vacancy enhances moox pt electrocatalytic counter electrode for bifacial dye sensitized solar cells |
| topic | dye-sensitized solar cells electrocatalytic activity counter electrode oxygen vacancy solution plasma process |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2022.924515/full |
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