Design and fabrication of high performance photovoltaic based Controllable SnS/rGO hybrid composite: An excellent counter electrode for dye sensitized solar cell

Abstract To catalyse the decrease of triiodide in the electrolyte, state-of-the-art dye-sensitized sun directed cells (DSSCs) usually use respectable and uncommon Pt as counter electrodes, which greatly limits the practical applications of DSSCs. Appropriately, choices with low cost, fabulous electro- catalytic action, and predominant electrochemical stability to Pt are exceedingly looked for after. Herein, we report tin sulfide/reduced graphene oxide (SnS/rGO) composites are facile synthesized via a simple one-pot hydrothermal route and characterized by XRD, FESEM, Raman, UV-DRS, BET and PL studies. Due to the synergic effect between the SnS nanoparticles and rGO, these composite samples showed outstanding electro-catalytic property on reducing the triiodide. Therefore, the DSSC equipped with SnS/rGO nanocomposite CE achieved a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 7.72%, which was higher than those of use SnS nanoparticles (5.21%). The improved mechanism of SnS/rGO nanocomposite was also discussed.