Solution-plasma-induced oxygen vacancy enhances MoOx/Pt electrocatalytic counter electrode for bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells

Bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), harvesting light from both front and rear sides, are potential high-efficiency photovoltaic devices with broad application environments. The electrocatalytic counter electrodes (CEs) of bifacial DSCs could determine the light-harvesting from the rear side...

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Published in:Frontiers in energy research 2022-08, Vol.10
Main Authors: Li, Yanan, Wang, Yinglin, Lin, Jianfei, Shi, Yuming, Zhu, Kuangyu, Xing, Yanmei, Li, Xiaofei, Jia, Yuwen, Zhang, Xintong
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Language:English
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counter electrode
dye-sensitized solar cells
electrocatalytic activity
oxygen vacancy
solution plasma process
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Summary:Bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), harvesting light from both front and rear sides, are potential high-efficiency photovoltaic devices with broad application environments. The electrocatalytic counter electrodes (CEs) of bifacial DSCs could determine the light-harvesting from the rear side and the charge collection of solar cells through electrocatalytic processes. As a result, high-activity and high-transparency CEs are essential for bifacial DSCs. Recently, novel CEs based on strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) have been proven to improve the catalysis and stability of the metal catalytic sites and induce great efficiency increase of bifacial DSCs. However, the contradiction between the transparency and conductivity of support is still a major challenge for the application of SMSI-based CEs on bifacial DSCs. Herein, we utilized a solution plasma (SP) method to introduce oxygen vacancies into a transparent MoO x support film. These SP-induced oxygen vacancies improved the conductivity of MoO x and the interaction between the metal Pt catalytic sites and support, thereby enhancing the catalytic activity and transparency of MoO x /Pt CEs. Consequently, the bifacial DSCs with MoO x /Pt CEs yielded a high efficiency of 7.56% and 6.41% with the front- and rear-side illumination, respectively. This impressive front-to-rear efficiency ratio of 85% indicates that the SP method has a positive effect in constructing high-performance CEs and other electrocatalytic materials based on the SMSI.
ISSN:2296-598X
2296-598X
DOI:10.3389/fenrg.2022.924515