Jet-nebulizer-spray coated copper zinc tin sulphide film for low cost platinum-free electrocatalyst in solar cells
David, K; Sudhagar, P; Ravi, D; et al.Selvaraj, P; Zh.Karazhanov, S; Sundaram, S
Date: 1 March 2018
Journal
Materials Letters
Publisher
Elsevier
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Abstract
The copper zinc tin sulphide (CZTS) alloy is a promising p-type earth abundant alloy that received profound attention as an electron driven dark catalyst in electrocatalytic reduction reaction. We report about fabrication of p-type CZTS film with the jet nebulizer assisted spray (JNS) coating technique. The electrocatalytic activity ...
The copper zinc tin sulphide (CZTS) alloy is a promising p-type earth abundant alloy that received profound attention as an electron driven dark catalyst in electrocatalytic reduction reaction. We report about fabrication of p-type CZTS film with the jet nebulizer assisted spray (JNS) coating technique. The electrocatalytic activity of the as-synthesized CZTS electrode is studied at tri-iodide reduction reactions and is tested as Pt-free electrocatalyst in proof-of-concept type device. Under identical experimental conditions the CZTS counter electrode- and platinum electrode-based dye-sensitised solar cells result similar photocurrent density of ∼ 10 mAcm-2. These results encourage applications of the aero-sol controlled spray coated CZTS films as the Pt-free electrocatalyst, where reduction reaction takes a key role in energy conversion and biosensing.
Engineering
Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy
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