Influence of Sputtering Temperature of TiO Deposited onto Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanosheet as Efficient Photoanodes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.

Influence of Sputtering Temperature of TiO Deposited onto Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanosheet as Efficient Photoanodes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.

Low, Foo Wah;Chin Hock, Goh;Kashif, Muhammad;Samsudin, Nurul Asma;Chau, Chien Fat;Indah Utami, Amaliyah Rohsari;Aminul Islam, Mohammad;Heah, Cheng Yong;Liew, Yun Ming;Lai, Chin Wei;Amin, Nowshad;Tiong, Sieh Kiong;
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 2020 Vol. 25
198
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Renewable solar energy is the key target to reduce fossil fuel consumption, minimize global warming issues, and indirectly minimizes erratic weather patterns. Herein, the authors synthesized an ultrathin reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanosheet with ~47 nm via an improved Hummer's method. The TiO was deposited by RF sputtering onto an rGO nanosheet with a variation of temperature to enhance the photogenerated electron or charge carrier mobility transport for the photoanode component. The morphology, topologies, element composition, crystallinity as well as dye-sensitized solar cells' (DSSCs) performance were determined accordingly. Based on the results, FTIR spectra revealed presence of Ti-O-C bonds in every rGO-TiO nanocomposite samples at 800 cm. Besides, XRD revealed that a broad peak of anatase TiO was detected at ~25.4° after incorporation with the rGO. Furthermore, it was discovered that sputtering temperature of 120 °C created a desired power conversion energy (PCE) of 7.27% based on the plot. Further increase of the sputtering temperature to 160 °C and 200 °C led to excessive TiO growth on the rGO nanosheet, thus resulting in undesirable charge recombination formed at the photoanode in the DSSC device.

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