One-Pot Solvothermal in Situ Growth of 1D Single-Crystalline NiSe on Ni Foil as Efficient and Stable Transparent Conductive Oxide Free Counter Electrodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

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• 作者：Chao Bao ; Faxin Li ; Jiali Wang ; Panpan Sun ; Niu Huang ; Yihua Sun ; Liang Fang ; Lei Wang ; Xiaohua Sun
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 7, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：48
• 页码：32788-32796
• 全文大小：711K
• ISSN：1944-8252

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One-dimensional single-crystal nanostructural nickel selenides were successfully in situ grown on metal nickel foils by two simple one-step solvothermal methods, which formed NiSe/Ni counter electrodes (CEs) for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The nickel foil acted as the nickel source in the reaction process, a supporting substrate, and an electron transport “speedway”. Electrochemical testing indicated that the top 1D single-crystal NiSe exhibited prominent electrocatalytic activity for I₃^– reduction. Due to the metallic conductivity of Ni substrate and the outstanding electrocatalytic activity of single-crystal NiSe, the DSSC based on a NiSe/Ni CE exhibited higher fill factor (FF) and larger short-circuit current density (J_sc) than the DSSC based on Pt/FTO CE. The corresponding power conversion efficiency (6.75%) outperformed that of the latter (6.18%). Moreover, the NiSe/Ni CEs also showed excellent electrochemical stability in the I^–/I₃^– redox electrolyte. These findings indicated that single-crystal NiSe in situ grown on Ni substrate was a potential candidate to replace Pt/TCO as a cheap and highly efficient counter electrode of DSSC.