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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 47, Issue 11, Pages 16101-16110Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.02.185
Keywords
Bi2WO6/rGO; Nanocomposite; Hydrothermal method; Photocatalysis; Rhodamine B; Perovskite solar cell
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Bi2WO6/rGO composites fabricated through hydrothermal method exhibit large surface area and excellent photocatalytic performance, enhancing the power conversion efficiency of solar cells.
Manipulation of materials at nanoscale provides many new and enhanced properties to be utilized for multifaceted applications, which was not possible before. In this study, we fabricated Bi2WO6/rGO composites using hydrothermal method. The obtained composites were then examined using different analytical techniques such as XRD, SEM, TEM, FTIR, XPS, BET, and AFM. Their catalytic properties were assayed by carrying out the degradation of organic dye Rhodamine B (RhB) and employed as a hole transport layer (HTL) in the perovskite solar cells. The fabricated nanocomposites were able to degrade 98% of dye solution within 4 h. The improved photocatalysis is attributed to a large surface area similar to 86.06 m(2)/g with pore size 7.812 nm and enhanced separation of electron-hole pair charges due to rGO sheets. The open-circuit voltage was increased up to 0.94 V when composite materials were used as HTL. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the device was enhanced to 11% because of the improvement in the interface quality between HTL and the perovskite layer. It is conceived that the fabricated nanomaterial may show excellent potential in smart solar cell applications.
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