A facile synthesis of bimetallic AuPt nanoparticles as a new transparent counter electrode for quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells
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- Title
- A facile synthesis of bimetallic AuPt nanoparticles as a new transparent counter electrode for quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells
- Authors
- Dao, VD; Choi, Y; Yong, K; Larina, LL; Shevaleevskiy, O; Choi, HS
- Date Issued
- 2015-01-15
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- Abstract
- This study first reports the synthesis of AuPt bimetallic nanoparticles (AuPt-BNPs) on an FTO glass substrate using dry plasma reduction (DPR) and its application as an alternative transparent counter electrode (CE) for quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSCs) operated under bi-side illumination. DPR is an economically feasible and ecologically sustainable method. The formation of ultrafine crystalline AuPt-BNPs on an FTO substrate is confirmed through TEM, HRTEM with HAADF-STEM and HAADFSTEM-EDS analyses. The mechanism for controlling the size, mono-dispersity, and areal number density of nanoparticles on the substrate surface is suggested. The CE fabricated with AuPt-BNPs exhibits a high electro-catalytic activity without losing the optical transmittance of the FTO substrate. The QDSC employing the AuPt-BNP electrode reaches efficiencies of 2.4% under front-side illumination and 2.2% under back-side illumination. Bi-side illumination yields an efficiency of 3.4%, which is comparable to an efficiency of 3.7% obtained for the QDSC with the state-of-the-art CE. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/26920
- DOI
- 10.1016/J.JPOWSOUR.2014.10.095
- ISSN
- 0378-7753
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES, vol. 274, page. 831 - 838, 2015-01-15
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