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Effect of film thickness of carbon fiber supported Re-Pt3Ni composite on the performance of dye sensitized solar cells

  • YU Minsi ,
  • XIE Jianjun ,
  • SHAN Yiyang ,
  • ZHAO Hengqi ,
  • LAI Weidong ,
  • XIAO Jinchong ,
  • LI Ling
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  • 1.Hebei Key Lab of Optic-electronic Information and Materials, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China; 2. College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China

Received date: 2018-06-26

  Online published: 2018-11-25

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Carbon nanofibers were prepared by electrospinning, then Re-Pt3Ni Supported by Carbon Nanofibers Composite were prepared by heating in oil bath. The composite electrodes with different film thickness were prepared by ball milling and spraying, and the electrodes were 5, 10, 15 and 20 μm respectively. The influence of film thickness on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells was studied, Energy conversion efficiency were 5.12%, 7.67%, 8.43%, 8.09%. The results show that with the increase of the thickness of the electrode film, the performance of DSSCs first increases and then decreases, and when the thickness of the electrode is about 15 μm, the performance of DSSCs is the best. At the same time, it also- DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1000-1565.2018.06.004碳纤维负载Re-Pt3Ni复合材料对电极膜厚对染敏电池性能影响于敏思1,解建军1,单一洋1,赵恒启1,赖伟东1,肖金冲2,李玲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 化学与环境科学学院,河北 保定 071002)摘 要:采用静电纺丝技术制备碳纳米纤维,通过油浴加热法制备碳纳米纤维负载Re-Pt3Ni复合材料.为了研究该复合材料对电极的膜厚对染料敏化太阳能电池性能的影响,通过球磨以及喷涂法得到不同膜厚的对电极,分别为5、10、15、20 μm,所得电池的能量转换效率分别为5.12%、7.67%、8.43%、8.09%.结果表明复合材料对电极膜厚存在一个最佳值,使电池的能量转换效率达到最高,同时,也表明复合材料有潜力成为Pt电极的替代品.关键词:染料敏化太阳能电池;对电极;碳纳米纤维;复合材料中图分类号:O643 文献标志码:A 【additional_page=587】文章编号:1000-1565(2018)06-0576-06Effect of film thickness of carbon fiber supported Re-Pt3Ni composite on the performance of dye sensitized solar cellsYU Minsi1, XIE Jianjun1, SHAN Yiyang1, ZHAO Hengqi1, LAI Weidong1, XIAO Jinchong2, LI Ling1(1.Hebei Key Lab of Optic-electronic Information and Materials, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China;2. College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China)Abstract: Carbon nanofibers were prepared by electrospinning, then Re-Pt3Ni Supported by Carbon Nanofibers Composite were prepared by heating in oil bath. The composite electrodes with different film thickness were prepared by ball milling and spraying, and the electrodes were 5, 10, 15 and 20 μm respectively. The influence of film thickness on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells was studied, Energy conversion efficiency were 5.12%, 7.67%, 8.43%, 8.09%. The results show that with the increase of the thickness of the electrode film, the performance of DSSCs first increases and then decreases, and when the thickness of the electrode is about 15 μm, the performance of DSSCs is the best. At the same time, it also- 收稿日期:2018-06-26 基金项目:国家自然科学基金资助项目(51772073;21672051;21201053;51607054;51762013);河北大学研究生创新资助项目(hbu2018ss63);河北省杰出青年基金资助项目(A2017201082;A2018201019);河北省第二批青年拔尖人才计划项目(702800116025;70280011808);河北大学杰出青年基金资助项目(2015JQ02);河北大学2018年实验室开放项目(sy201849;sy201850) 第一作者:于敏思(1994—),女,北京平谷人,河北大学在读硕士研究生,主要从事新型纳米光电材料与器件研究.E-mail:minsiyuhbu@163.com 通信作者:李玲(1980—),女,河北保定人,河北大学副教授,主要从事新型纳米光电材料与器件研究.E-mail:lilinghbu@163.com第6期于敏思等:碳纤维负载Re-Pt3Ni复合材料对电极膜厚对染敏电池性能影响shows that the composite has the potential to replace the Pt material.

Key words： dye-sensitized solar cell; counter electrode; carbon nanofibers; composites

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YU Minsi , XIE Jianjun , SHAN Yiyang , ZHAO Hengqi , LAI Weidong , XIAO Jinchong , LI Ling . Effect of film thickness of carbon fiber supported Re-Pt3Ni composite on the performance of dye sensitized solar cells[J]. Journal of Hebei University(Natural Science Edition), 2018 , 38(6) : 576 -581 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-1565.2018.06.004

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