Effect of Ni doping on the characterization of TiO2 nanoparticles for DSSC applications

Electroless Ni plated nanostructured TiO2 as a photocatalyst for solar hydrogen production

“…5b) using Lorentzian curve fitting. 63,67–69 The Raman study clearly reveals the presence of anatase and rutile TiO 2 phases.…”

“…Most of the researchers did not get Ni phase in their X-ray diffraction study of Ni@TiO 2 and hence validated by XPS. 40,43,62,63 X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study…”

Investigation on copper–nickel co-doped anatase titania nanospheres as an efficient material for photocatalytic and photovoltaic applications

“…The most toxic organic pollutants are discharged by the dyeing and textile industries and have a very bad effect on environmental pollution. 6 The synthetic dyes used in textile industries are classified into three types, namely anionic, cationic and non-ionic dyes. Normally cationic dyes are basic, whereas anionic dyes are acid, azo, reactive, and direct dyes.…”

“…Some of the earlier works reported are based on mono dopants of Ni and Cu with TiO 2 prepared by the sol–gel technique and used as photoanodes for DSSC and photocatalysts for Rhodamine-B dye degradation. 6,10,25–38…”

A Novel Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Structure Based on Metal Photoanode without FTO/ITO

“…A good photoanode should have a large specific surface area and a nanoporous structure, which can absorb dyes to the maximum and transmit photogenerated electrons quickly, and have sufficient porosity to penetrate the electrolyte [13][14][15]. Because TiO 2 is nontoxic, cheap, and has strong ability to adsorb dyes [16,17] and transfer electrons [18], it is widely used in the fabrication of photoanodes [19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. The introduction of special nanoparticles into a TiO 2 matrix can improve the performance of DSSCs, such as adding nanodiamonds (NDs) and CdTe nanoparticles [26,27], but the scarcity of materials will increase production costs.…”