Designing Multifunctional Co and Fe Co-Doped MoS2 Nanocube Electrodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Perovskite Solar Cells, and a Supercapacitor

• Published in: ACS omega 2021-09, Vol.6 (38), p.24931-24939
• Main Authors: Xu, Chang, Yang, Wenlu, Zhao, Jiaxin, Ma, Jingyuan, Wu, Mingxing
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 2470-1343; 2470-1343
• DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c03798

In the present study, three types of specific solid, core–shell, and hollow structured cobalt and iron co-doped MoS2 nanocubes (denoted as s-Co-Fe-MoS x , c-Co-Fe-MoS x , and h-Co-Fe-MoS x ) are controllably synthesized for the first time by regulating the reactant mass ratios. The prepared Co-Fe-MoS x nanocubes can function as a counter electrode in dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cells (DSCs and PSCs) and a working electrode in a supercapacitor. In the DSC system, the c-Co-Fe-MoS x nanocubes exhibit the maximum catalytic activity to the Co3+/2+ redox couple regeneration, and the device achieves a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 8.69%, significantly higher than the devices using s-Co-Fe-MoS x (6.61%) and h-Co-Fe-MoS x (7.63%) counter electrodes. Similarly, all of the prepared Co-Fe-MoS x nanocubes show decent activity in PSCs and the device using the c-Co-Fe-MoS x counter electrode achieves the highest PCE of 6.88%. It is worth noting that, as the supercapacitor working electrode, the h-Co-Fe-MoS x exhibits a specific capacitance of 85.4 F g–1, significantly higher than the parallel values achieved by the s-Co-Fe-MoS x and c-Co-Fe-MoS x electrodes under identical conditions.