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Manganese oxide-Nickel oxide (MnO2-NiO) has been successfully deposited on Fluorine doped Tin Oxide (FTO) glass electrode using a facile, effective and low cost electrodeposition process and was used as counter electrode (CE) in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). The cells were characterized using electrochemical impedance spectra and cyclic voltammetry, which revealed enhanced electrocatalytic ability for the reduction of triiodide/iodide (I −3 to I−). Further, the photocurrent–voltage (J–V) characteristics under the illumination of 100 mW/cm2 were studied. The DSSC with MnO2-NiO CE revealed higher short-circuit current density (Jsc) of 0.3 mA/cm2, open-circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.83 V, and fill factor of 0.84. This suggests that the electrodeposited MnO2-NiO coated FTO electrode can be used to replace the commonly employed and expensive metal platinum (Pt) in DSSC.
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The author Karan Surana is thankful to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for providing the Senior Research Fellowship (SRF, 9/1078(0002)/18 EMR-I).
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Kakroo, S., Surana, K. & Bhattacharya, B. Electrodeposited MnO2-NiO Composites as a Pt Free Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. J. Electron. Mater. 49, 2197–2202 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-019-07925-w
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