Pore-size effect on photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells composed of mesoporous anatase-titania

Mesoporous Titanium Dioxide: Synthesis and Applications in Photocatalysis, Energy and Biology

“…A typical DSSC consists of nanoporous semiconductor films, dye sensitizers, redox electrolytes, counter electrodes and conductive substrates. Thanks to its large surface area and high crystallinity, ordered mesoporous TiO 2 will improve the conversion efficiency of DSSCs by enhancing the dye diffusion and adsorption, as well as the electron transport efficiency [ 93 , 94 ]. Different morphology in the mesoporous TiO 2 makes a difference in the conversion efficiency of resultant DSSCs.…”

One-step preparation of TiO2particles with controllable phase and morphology by plasma electrolysis

“…1,2 Anatase and rutile are the most frequently encountered polymorphic phases of TiO 2 . The anatase structure TiO 2 (anatase-TiO 2 ) has huge potential application value in photovoltaic cells, [3][4][5][6] owing to its superior electron mobility and slightly larger band gap. A majority of studies on anatase materials have focused on synthetic materials in the forms of powders and thin lms.…”

Enhancing the Light Harvesting Capacity of the Photoanode Films in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

“…The template methods are the common strategy to prepare these mesoporous powders. For example, T. K. Yun et al prepared two different mesoporous TiO 2 powders, using a soft template of tri-block copolymer and a hard template of mesoporous ZnO/ Zn(OH) 2 -composite, respectively (Yun et al, 2011). Both mesoporous TiO 2 possessed the same high surface area (BET ~210 m 2 /g) but with different pore sizes of 6.8 (for soft template) and 3.0 nm (for hard template).…”

“…As an example, J. Y. Kim et al prepared highly ordered mesoporous Al 2 O 3 /TiO 2 via a sol-gel reaction and evaporation-induced self-assembly route using Pluronic P123 as the structure-modifying reagent (Kim et al, 2011). Obtained mesoporous powders possessed an average pore size of 6.33-6.58 nm, and BET surface area of 181-212 m 2 /g, and the content of Al 2 O 3 had significant effects on the BET surface area.…”