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Citation: Qian ZHANG, Yuxuan ZHANG, Yongguang YANG, Ruijie BAI, Yuandong LI, Ling LI. FeMoS4/carbon fiber cloth composites: Preparation and application in dye-sensitized solar cells[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2025, 41(9): 1916-1926. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.20240442 shu

FeMoS4/carbon fiber cloth composites: Preparation and application in dye-sensitized solar cells

  • College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China

  • Corresponding author: Ling LI, lilinghbu@163.com
  • Received Date: 11 December 2024
    Revised Date: 2 July 2025

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  • Herein, an FMS/CC composite was successfully fabricated by depositing FeMoS4 onto a pristine carbon fiber cloth (CC) substrate via a facile two-step hydrothermal method. The amorphous nature of the FMS/CC composite endows it with abundant catalytically active sites, thereby accelerating the reduction of I3-. More importantly, the dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) prepared by scraping it on flexible titanium mesh with low resistance had low series resistance (Rs). Electrochemical characterizations revealed that the DSSCs employing the FMS/CC counter electrode achieved a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of ca. 9.51% (surpassing the ca. 8.15% efficiency of the Pt counter electrode), open-circuit voltage (Voc) of ca. 0.79 V, short-circuit current density (Jsc) of ca. 18.31 mA·cm-2, and fill factor (FF) of ca. 0.65. Moreover, after 100 times of cyclic voltammetry (CV) test, the CV curve remainedunchanged, indicating the excellent stability of FMS/CC in the electrolyte containing I3-/I-.
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