研究目的
Investigating the synthesis of reduced oxide (RGO) coated polyaniline (PANi) nanocomposites via in-situ emulsion polymerization and its application as counter electrode for dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).
研究成果
In current study, reduced graphene oxide-based polymer composites; PANi/RGO has been synthesized through in situ emulsion polymerization. At suitable loadings of graphene oxide, hybrid polymeric material with uniformly coated graphene oxide can be obtained. The PANi/RGO CE has been prepared through drop casting on FTO substrate using the less hazardous ethanol as a dispersion solvent. The resultant devices showed a better performance than the CE with individual components, and achieved an efficiency of 3.9 % which is very close to that of Pt. thus suggesting that composite material is a potential alternative towards cost effective and solution processable DSSCs.
研究不足
The technical and application constraints of the experiments, as well as potential areas for optimization, are not explicitly mentioned in the provided text.