Progress of transition metal nitride as counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1000-1565.2019.02.003

Abstract

Abstract: As one of the key components of dye-sensitized solar cells, the price, performance and preparation methods of the counter electrodes directly affect the development and application of DSSCs. The Pt electrode is commonly used for counter electrodes in DSSCs, but Pt is precious metal. Therefore, it is an effective way to reduce the cost of DSSCs by looking for low cost and high performance catalytic material instead of Pt electrode. The electronic structure of Pt and transition metal nitrides are similar, so it has high catalytic activity, but also has high corrosion resistance and low price, so that the metal nitride material has broad application prospects. This review focuses on the synergistic effect of carriers and transition metal nitrides or transition metal nitride prepared by the unique nanostructure(nanotubes and highly ordered arrays)to solve the problem of transition metal nitride agglomeration and limited mass transportation.Finally, it is suggested that the development of two -component or multi -component transition metal- DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1000-1565.2019.02.003染料敏化太阳能电池过渡金属氮化物对电极研究进展李晓苇¹,赵开封¹,刘森²,周盛楠¹,张雪¹,解建军¹,赵亚军¹(1. 河北大学物理科学与技术学院,河北省光电信息材料重点实验室,河北保定 071002;2.河北大学医学部,河北保定 071002)摘要:对电极作为染料敏化太阳能电池(dye-sensitized solar cells, DSSCs)的核心部分之一,其材料的价格、性能和制备方法直接影响DSSCs的发展和应用.DSSCs常用Pt对电极价格昂贵,因此寻找低成本高性能的催化材料代替Pt对电极是降低DSSCs成本的有效途径之一.过渡金属氮化物的电子结构与Pt相似,具有高的催化活性和耐腐蚀性,价格低廉,使其具有广阔的应用前景.文章综述了利用载体与过渡金属氮化物的协同作用或将过渡金属氮化物制备成独特的纳米结构(纳米管和高度有序的阵列等)来解决过渡金属氮化物易团聚和大规模的物质运输受限制等问题.最后提出,开发双组元或多组元过渡金属氮化物和柔性过渡金属氮化物对电极可以作为未来发展方向.关键词:过渡金属氮化物;对电极;协同作用;染料敏化太阳能电池中图分类号:TK513 文献标志码:A 文章编号:1000-1565(2019)02-0124-08Progress of transition metal nitride as counterelectrodes for dye-sensitized solar cellsLI Xiaowei¹,ZHAO Kaifeng¹,LIU Sen²,ZHOU Shengnan¹,ZHANG Xue¹, XIE Jianjun¹,ZHAO Yajun¹(1.Key Lab of Optic-electronic Information and Materials of Hebei Province, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China;2.Medical College, Hebe University, Baoding 071002,China)Abstract:As one of the key components of dye-sensitized solar cells, the price, performance and preparation methods of the counter electrodes directly affect the development and application of DSSCs. The Pt electrode is commonly used for counter electrodes in DSSCs, but Pt is precious metal. Therefore, it is an effective way to reduce the cost of DSSCs by looking for low cost and high performance catalytic material instead of Pt electrode. The electronic structure of Pt and transition metal nitrides are similar, so it has high catalytic activity, but also has high corrosion resistance and low price, so that the metal nitride material has broad application prospects. This review focuses on the synergistic effect of carriers and transition metal nitrides or transition metal nitride prepared by the unique nanostructure(nanotubes and highly ordered arrays)to solve the problem of transition metal nitride agglomeration and limited mass transportation.Finally, it is suggested that the development of two -component or multi -component transition metal- 收稿日期:2018-06-26 基金项目:河北大学研究生创新项目(hbu2018ss63); 河北大学2018年创新创业训练计划项目(2018242; 2018083); 河北大学2018年实验室开放项目(sy201849;sy201850) 第一作者:李晓苇(1955—),男,河北唐山人,河北大学教授,主要从事新型纳米光电材料与器件的研究.E-mail:laser@hbu.edu.cn 通信作者:赵亚军(1978—),男,河北邢台人,河北大学实验师,主要从事光电材料与器件的测试.E-mail:hbuzyj@126.com第2期李晓苇等:染料敏化太阳能电池过渡金属氮化物对电极研究进展nitride and flexible transition metal nitride can be the future direction of development.

Key words: transition metal nitride, counter electrode, synergistic reaction, dye-sensitized solar cells

CLC Number:

TK513

LI Xiaowei,ZHAO Kaifeng,LIU Sen,ZHOU Shengnan,ZHANG Xue, XIE Jianjun,ZHAO Yajun. Progress of transition metal nitride as counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells[J]. Journal of Hebei University (Natural Science Edition), 2019, 39(2): 124-131.

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