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JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY
Volume 348, Issue -, Pages 33-40Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.06.041
Keywords
Efficiency; Platinum; Spectroscopy; Nanocomposites
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- Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Govt. of India [1(11)/2012-EMCD]
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alpha-MnO2/carbon black nanocomposites were synthesized using hydrothermal method. The alpha-MnO2/carbon black (CB) nanocomposites was fabricated as counter electrode (CE) for Platinum. (Pt) free DSSC. Morphological study was carried out using scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM). FTIR, Raman and XPS study substantiate well about the formation of nanocomposites. Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) isotherm reveals the embedment of CB which enhances surface area of alpha-MnO2/CB nanocomposites. alpha-MnO2/CB nanocomposites CE shows very good electrochemical and electrocatalytic activity. Their respective study was carried out using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. The better electrocatalytic activity and low charge transfer resistance (R-ct) of alpha-MnO2/CB nanocomposites as CE, imparts an improvement of photo conversion efficiency. The conversion efficiency (1) of 4.29% was achieved using alpha-MnO2-120/CB as DSSC CE which is closely comparable to Platinum as CE. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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