Facile fabrication of PVA nanofiber coated with PEDOT as a counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cell
Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofibers coated with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) as a counter electrode (CE) is a promising material to substitute platinum CE for dye-sensitized solar cell due to the high conductivity of PEDOT and high surface area to volume ratio of PVA. PVA nanofibers and P...
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| author | Basri, Nur Amilah Fadlina Mustafa, Muhammad Norhaffis Sulaiman, Yusran |
| author_facet | Basri, Nur Amilah Fadlina Mustafa, Muhammad Norhaffis Sulaiman, Yusran |
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| description | Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofibers coated with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) as a counter electrode (CE) is a promising material to substitute platinum CE for dye-sensitized solar cell due to the high conductivity of PEDOT and high surface area to volume ratio of PVA. PVA nanofibers and PEDOT were prepared through facile techniques of electrospinning and electropolymerization, respectively. Field emission scanning electron microscopy revealed that PEDOT was distributed evenly on PVA nanofibers with porous cauliflower-like structure. PVA/PEDOT nanofibers CE had low charge transfer resistance (Rct) and possessed a good electrocatalytic activity with a low value of peak-to-peak separation (Epp = 0.34 V), thus an improved efficiency of 2.11% was obtained in comparison to platinum (1.14%), PEDOT (1.39%) and PVA nanofibers (0.017%). |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-798522022-11-15T08:54:27Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79852/ Facile fabrication of PVA nanofiber coated with PEDOT as a counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cell Basri, Nur Amilah Fadlina Mustafa, Muhammad Norhaffis Sulaiman, Yusran Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofibers coated with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) as a counter electrode (CE) is a promising material to substitute platinum CE for dye-sensitized solar cell due to the high conductivity of PEDOT and high surface area to volume ratio of PVA. PVA nanofibers and PEDOT were prepared through facile techniques of electrospinning and electropolymerization, respectively. Field emission scanning electron microscopy revealed that PEDOT was distributed evenly on PVA nanofibers with porous cauliflower-like structure. PVA/PEDOT nanofibers CE had low charge transfer resistance (Rct) and possessed a good electrocatalytic activity with a low value of peak-to-peak separation (Epp = 0.34 V), thus an improved efficiency of 2.11% was obtained in comparison to platinum (1.14%), PEDOT (1.39%) and PVA nanofibers (0.017%). Springer 2019 Article PeerReviewed Basri, Nur Amilah Fadlina and Mustafa, Muhammad Norhaffis and Sulaiman, Yusran (2019) Facile fabrication of PVA nanofiber coated with PEDOT as a counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cell. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 30 (9). pp. 8705-8711. ISSN 0957-4522; ESSN: 1573-482X https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10854-019-01195-2 10.1007/s10854-019-01195-2 |
| spellingShingle | Basri, Nur Amilah Fadlina Mustafa, Muhammad Norhaffis Sulaiman, Yusran Facile fabrication of PVA nanofiber coated with PEDOT as a counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cell |
| title | Facile fabrication of PVA nanofiber coated with PEDOT as a counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cell |
| title_full | Facile fabrication of PVA nanofiber coated with PEDOT as a counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cell |
| title_fullStr | Facile fabrication of PVA nanofiber coated with PEDOT as a counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cell |
| title_full_unstemmed | Facile fabrication of PVA nanofiber coated with PEDOT as a counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cell |
| title_short | Facile fabrication of PVA nanofiber coated with PEDOT as a counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cell |
| title_sort | facile fabrication of pva nanofiber coated with pedot as a counter electrodes for dye sensitized solar cell |
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