Synthesis of MnO2/ZIF-8 for the construction of Pt-free counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cell applications

Ahmad K, Kumar P, Khan RA, Nde DT, Raza W (2024)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2024

Journal

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry Springer Verlag (Germany)

Book Volume: 28

Pages Range: 4169-4180

Journal Issue: 11

DOI: 10.1007/s10008-024-06021-2

Abstract

Herein, we reported the synthesis of MnO2/ZIF-8 composite by employing two-step synthetic procedure. The synthesized samples have been characterized by utilizing various sophisticated physicochemical technique such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy. The synthesized MnO2/ZIF-8 has been used as counter electrode (CE) for the fabrication of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The effect of annealing temperature was studied, and the highest efficiency of 7.2% with a decent open-circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.77 V was achieved at 200 °C. The obtained efficiency of 7.2% is reasonable in comparison to the platinum (Pt)-based DSSCs (7.4%). This work proposed the construction of Pt-free CE for the development of cost-effective DSSCs with reasonable performance in terms of efficiency.

Authors with CRIS profile

Waseem Raza Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Korrosion und Oberflächentechnik) (LKO)

Involved external institutions

Yeungnam University KR Korea, Republic of (KR) Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IITI) / भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान इंदौर IN India (IN)

How to cite

APA:

Ahmad, K., Kumar, P., Khan, R.A., Nde, D.T., & Raza, W. (2024). Synthesis of MnO2/ZIF-8 for the construction of Pt-free counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cell applications. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 28(11), 4169-4180. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-024-06021-2

MLA:

Ahmad, Khursheed, et al. "Synthesis of MnO2/ZIF-8 for the construction of Pt-free counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cell applications." Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 28.11 (2024): 4169-4180.

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