Transparent MoS2/PEDOT Composite Counter Electrodes for Bifacial Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Tingting Xu; Dechong Kong; Huijie Tang; Xiulan Qin; Xuanhua Li; Ashim Gurung; Kaichang Kou; Lixin Chen; Qiquan Qiao; Wei Huang

doi:10.1021/acsomega.0c00175

Transparent MoS₂/PEDOT Composite Counter Electrodes for Bifacial Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Tingting Xu, Dechong Kong, Huijie Tang, Xiulan Qin, Xuanhua Li, Ashim Gurung, Kaichang Kou, Lixin Chen, Qiquan Qiao, Wei Huang

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Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are solar energy conversion devices with high efficiency and simple fabrication procedures. Developing transparent counter electrode (CE) materials for bifacial DSSCs can address the needs of window-type building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs). Herein, transparent organic-inorganic hybrid composite films of molybdenum disulfide and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (MoS₂/PEDOT) are prepared to take full advantage of the conductivity and electrocatalytic ability of the two components. MoS₂ is synthesized by hydrothermal method and spin-coated to form the MoS₂ layer, and then PEDOT films are electrochemically polymerized on top of the MoS₂ film to form the composite CEs. The DSSC with the optimized MoS₂/PEDOT composite CE shows power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 7% under front illumination and 4.82% under back illumination. Compared with the DSSC made by the PEDOT CE and the Pt CE, the DSSC fabricated by the MoS₂/PEDOT composite CE improves the PCE by 10.6% and 6.4% for front illumination, respectively. It proves that the transparent MoS₂/PEDOT CE owes superior conductivity and catalytic properties, and it is an excellent candidate for bifacial DSSC in the application of BIPVs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	8687-8696
Number of pages	10
Journal	ACS Omega
Volume	5
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c00175
State	Published - Apr 21 2020
Externally published	Yes

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