One-step hydrothermal synthesis of feather duster-like NiS@MoS2 with hierarchical array structure for the Pt-free dye-sensitized solar cell
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Novel feather duster-like nickel sulfide (NiS) @ molybdenum sulfide (MoS2) with hierarchical array structure is synthesized via a simple one-step hydrothermal method, in which a major structure of rod-like NiS in the center and a secondary structure of MoS2 nanosheets with a thickness of about 15–55 nm on the surface. The feather duster-like NiS@MoS2 is employed as the counter electrode (CE) material for the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), which exhibits superior electrocatalytic activity due to its feather duster-like hierarchical array structure can not only support the fast electron transfer and electrolyte diffusion channels, but also can provide high specific surface area (238.19 m2 g−1) with abundant active catalytic sites and large electron injection efficiency from CE to electrolyte. The DSSC based on the NiS@MoS2 CE achieves a competitive photoelectric conversion efficiency of 8.58%, which is higher than that of the NiS (7.13%), MoS2 (7.33%), and Pt (8.16%) CEs under the same conditions.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques · TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells · Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
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