Citation: Zhuo-Lei LIU, Jing-Wen LI, Meng-Long SUN, Yong-Wei ZHANG, Chang-Wei DANG, Si-Ning YUN. Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Properties of MnWO₄/Biomass-Derived Carbon Nanocomposite Catalyst[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2021, 37(12): 2219-2226. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.2021.247 shu

Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Properties of MnWO₄/Biomass-Derived Carbon Nanocomposite Catalyst

Functional Materials Laboratory (FML), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China

Corresponding author: Si-Ning YUN, yunsining@xauat.edu.cn
Received Date: 4 July 2021
Revised Date: 14 September 2021

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A bimetal oxide embedded biomass-derived carbon (MnWO₄/BC) nanocomposite catalyst was synthesized using a co-precipitation approach, and it was used as a counter electrode (CE) catalyst to assemble a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). The catalytic performance and photovoltaic performance of MnWO₄/BC in non-iodine system was explored. To boost the photovoltaic performance of DSSC, a novel copper redox couple (Cu²⁺/Cu⁺) and dye (D35, Y123) were adopted for replacing the traditional I^-/I₃^- redox couple and N719 dye, respectively. The resulting novel DSSC with MnWO₄/BC nanocomposite CE catalyst had a photovoltage of approximately 0.89 V. Moreover, it exhibited power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 3.57% and 1.59% for D35 and Y123 dyes, respectively, which were 14.4% and 27.0%, respectively, higher than that in the case of Pt. Fifty continuous cyclic voltammetry tests show that MnWO₄/BC catalyst has good electrochemical stability. It is observed that the catalytic activity of MnWO₄/BC enhanced significantly due to the superior conductivity and the special pore structure of BC, the excellent electrocatalytic ability of MnWO₄, and the synergistic effect between MnWO₄ and BC.
- dye-sensitized solar cell,
- bimetal oxide,
- biomass-derived carbon,
- copper redox couple,
- counter electrode catalyst
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