Potassium-chemical synthesis of 3D graphene from CO2 and its excellent performance in HTM-free perovskite solar cells

Wei, Wei; Hu, Baoyun; Jin, Fangming; Jing, Zhenzi; Li, Yuexiang; García Blanco, Andres Alberto; Stacchiola, Dario J.; Hu, Yun Hang

doi:10.1039/c7ta01768e

Title: Potassium-chemical synthesis of 3D graphene from CO₂ and its excellent performance in HTM-free perovskite solar cells

Journal Article · Wed Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta01768e· OSTI ID:1392267

Wei, Wei ^[1]; Hu, Baoyun ^[2];

^[3]; Jing, Zhenzi ^[2]; Li, Yuexiang ^[4]; García Blanco, Andres Alberto ^[5]; Stacchiola, Dario J. ^[6];

^[1]

Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, MI (United States)
Tongji Univ., Shanghai (China)
Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China)
Nanchang Univ. (China)
National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), San Luis (Argentina)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

The conversion of greenhouse gas CO₂ into novel materials is the most promising approach to solve greenhouse gas issues. In this paper, we report for the first time the reaction of potassium with CO₂ to synthesize three-dimensional honeycomb-like structured graphene (3DHG). Furthermore, 3DHG exhibited excellent performance as a counter electrode for hole transport material (HTM)-free perovskite solar cells, leading to a power conversion efficiency of 10.06%. Finally, this work constitutes a new aspect of potassium chemistry for material synthesis from a greenhouse gas and the generation of electrical energy from sunlight.

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Research Organization:: Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, MI (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); ACS Petroleum Research Fund (United States)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; PRF-51799-ND10

OSTI ID:: 1392267

Report Number(s):: BNL-114319-2017-JA

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Vol. 5, Issue 17; ISSN 2050-7488

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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