A novel approach to titania nanowire arrays as photoanodes of back-illuminated dye-sensitized solar cells

Optoelectronic Properties of ZnSe, ITO, TiO2 and ZnO Thin Films

“…Under backside illumination, the short-circuit current density and power conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells based on titanium dioxide nanotube arrays are much higher than that of P25 (see Table 2). Similar results have been observed by (Tao et al, 2010). This result shows that the main factor responsible for the enhancement of the short circuit current is the improvement of electron transport and electron lifetime in titanium dioxide nanotube arrays.…”

Ag nanoparticle-decorated 3D flower-like TiO2 hierarchical microstructures composed of ultrathin nanosheets and enhanced photoelectrical conversion properties in dye-sensitized solar cells

“…As a key part of DSSCs, the photoanode, which is conventionally made of TiO 2 nanocrystal (10e50 nm in diameter) porous film with a high specific surface area and responsible for dye-loading, light-absorption, photoelectron generation and transfer, plays a critical role in determining the final photoelectric conversion efficiency. To obtain higher efficiencies DSSCs, with various morphologies and textures [6], such as nanoparticles (NPs), one-dimension structures (nanorods [7], nanowire [8], and nanotubes [9]) and sub-micron particles have been extensively explored. The conventional TiO 2 NP film usually exhibits high transparency and weak light scattering due to the nanometer particle size, resulting in poor light-harvesting efficiency.…”

Hollow TiO2 microspheres assembled with rutile mesocrystals: Low-temperature one-pot synthesis and the photocatalytic performance

“…Considerable attention has been paid to TiO 2 nanomaterials in the various fields of photocatalysis [6][7][8], dye-sensitized solar cells [9][10][11], Li-ion batteries [12][13][14], and so forth. Up to now, TiO 2 mesocrystals with various morphologies have been synthesized, including nanorods [15], nanoflowers [5], hollow nanobricks [16], dumbbell-shaped mesocrystals, [17] and sheets [18].…”