Research Article

Fabrication and Electrochemical Behavior Investigation of a Pt-Loaded Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite (Pt@rGO) as a High-Performance Cathode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Table 1

Kinetic parameters of the oxidation/reduction of ferrocene on Pt/FTO, Pt@rGO/FTO, and rGO/FTO electrodes determined from different electrochemical techniques.

Kinetic parametersElectrodes
Pt/FTOPt@rGO1/FTOrGO/FTO

(mV)343a324a325a
341c326c328c
340d326d328d
(mV)198a181a173a
119c109c100c
1.04a1.06a1.09a
1.05c1.04c1.13c
(cm/s) 1033.18d3.33d2.78d
0.474d0.471d0.453d
1.161.010.71
(cm2·s) 1054.19b4.19b5.61b
4.16d4.17d5.40d

The values determined from aCV, bconvolution, cdeconvolution, and dfitting techniques.