Mesoporous films prepared from synthesized TiO2 nanoparticles and their application in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)

Tasić, Nikola; Stanojević, Zorica Marinković; Branković, Zorica; Lačnjevac, U.Č.; Ribić, Vesna; Žunić, M.; Novaković, Tatjana; Podlogar, Matejka; Branković, Goran

doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2016.05.179

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“…Chang et al (2015) used organic sensitizer W3 with zinc oxide, but obtained 24.7 % decrease of efficiency due to an increase of the charge transfer resistance 36 . Hence,…”

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Effects of Potential Deposition on the Parameters of ZnO dye-sensitized Solar Cells

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Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are a feasible option for photovoltaic energy. Zinc oxide is an n-type semiconductor employed as photoanode on DSSCs. ZnO thin films were electrodeposited to study the effects of different potentials applied during deposition. SEM images, XRD and UV-Vis analysis were conducted to reveal the morphologic, structural and optical properties of the films at three potentials. DSSCs were assembled and the photovoltaic parameters were obtained through J-V plots. DSSC with 0.031% of efficiency was demonstrated at -1.4 V of deposition potential.

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“…Chang et al (2015) used organic sensitizer W3 with zinc oxide, but obtained 24.7 % decrease of efficiency due to an increase of the charge transfer resistance 36 . Hence,…”

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“…it is still necessary to research for better conditions for the ZnO/dye pair that should avoid the creation of ZnO/ sensitizer aggregations, which lead to the increase of charge recombination at the photoanode interface and the deterioration of the DSSC performance 36 .…”

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Effects of Potential Deposition on the Parameters of ZnO dye-sensitized Solar Cells

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“…Therefore, SDS‐synthesized TiO 2 nanoparticles create enhanced specific surface area and dye‐loading properties, leading to a little higher V oc than other surfactant nanoparticles . Because of similar reasons, the soft‐template TiO 2 devices show better current, so the overall efficiency of the devices is higher than the P25 device . The photovoltaic performance parameters of the fabricated devices are compared in Table .…”

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“…48 Because of similar reasons, the soft-template TiO 2 devices show better current, so the overall efficiency of the devices is higher than the P25 device. 49 The photovoltaic performance parameters of the fabricated devices are compared in Table 4.…”

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Soft‐template synthesis of high surface area mesoporous titanium dioxide for dye‐sensitized solar cells

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Summary In the present work, 10 to 14 nm titania nanoparticles with high‐packing density are synthesized by the soft‐template method using a range of cationic surfactants including cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and dodecyl trimethylammonium bromide (DTAB). The synthesized nanoparticles are used as a photoanode material in dye solar cells. Density functional theory (DFT) simulations reproduce our experimental results of charge transfer and strong interaction between the TiO2 and N719. N719‐TiO2 complex establishes strong electrostatic bonding through H of the dye with the O of TiO2 surface. Solar cell efficiency of 6.08% with 12.63 mA/cm2, 793 mV, and 48.5% for short circuit current density, open circuit voltage, and fill factor, respectively, are obtained under 1 sun illumination for the dye‐sensitized solar cell (DSSC) using a film of mesoporous TiO2 synthesized from the SDS surfactant. On the other hand, the 21 nm commercial TiO2 powder (P25) device results in 4.60% efficiency under similar conditions. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopic studies show that the SDS device has lesser charge transport resistance than the other devices because of its higher surface area, packing density, and dye loading capacity. Our results show that employing high packing density‐based TiO2 nanoparticles represents a commercially viable approach for highly beneficial photoanode development for future DSSC applications.

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“…TiO2 has developed many applications today, such as Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) [5][6] [7], Photo-catalyst [8], and thin film on the slab waveguide [9][10] [11] that applied in this research. Several methods have been used to prepare TiO2 nanoparticles films are Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), Pulse Laser Ablation Deposition (PLAD), Solution gelation (Sol-Gel), and Spin coating [12].…”

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Fabrication of TiO2 Nanoparticles Slab Waveguide by Spin-coating Method with 2-Propanol Solvent

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Pramono

Asnawi

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AbstractThe slab waveguide TiO2 nanoparticles by spin-coating method was fabricated with solvent 2-propanol. Component of TiO2 phase anatase is obtained using the old method of coprecipitation with time stirring 5 h. The Slab waveguide fabrication process using the spin-coating method with a rotation speed of 3000 rpm for 60 s and thermally treated at 100 0 C for 15 min. Heating temperature used should be higher than the boiling point of the solvent (2-propanol) is 82.2 0 C. This research was intended to determine the thickness of the film of the waveguides that have been fabricated and examination absorbance and transmittance. From the test results of absorbance and transmittance using UV-Vis known that the highest absorption (262 nm) and average transmittance (91%). The thickness of the film obtained 131.6 μm.

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Mesoporous films prepared from synthesized TiO2 nanoparticles and their application in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)

Cited by 38 publications

References 56 publications

Effects of Potential Deposition on the Parameters of ZnO dye-sensitized Solar Cells

Effects of Potential Deposition on the Parameters of ZnO dye-sensitized Solar Cells

Soft‐template synthesis of high surface area mesoporous titanium dioxide for dye‐sensitized solar cells

Fabrication of TiO2 Nanoparticles Slab Waveguide by Spin-coating Method with 2-Propanol Solvent

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