Double-layer electrode based on TiO2 nanotubes arrays for enhancing photovoltaic properties in dye-sensitized solar cells

Zuoli He; Wenxiu Que; Peng Sun; Jiangbo Ren

doi:10.1021/am4044745

Double-layer electrode based on TiO₂ nanotubes arrays for enhancing photovoltaic properties in dye-sensitized solar cells

Zuoli He
, Wenxiu Que
, Peng Sun
, Jiangbo Ren

Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering

Xi'an Jiaotong University

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44 Scopus citations

Abstract

The present work reports a rapid and facile method to fabricate a novel double-layer TiO₂ photoanode, which is based on highly ordered TiO₂ nanotube arrays and monodispersive scattering microspheres. This double-layer TiO₂ sphere/TNTA photoanode have got many unique structural and optical properties from TiO₂ scattering microspheres, such as high specific surface area, multiple interparticle scattering, and efficient light-harvesting. Results indicate that this as-fabricated double-layer TiO₂ sphere/TNTA front-illumination dye-sensitized solar cell, which is fabricated from the TiO₂ nanotube arrays with a 17.4 μm length after TiCl₄ treatment, exhibits a pronounced power conversion efficiency of 7.24% under an AM1.5 G irradiation, which can be attributed to the increased incident photon-to-current conversion and light-harvesting efficiency.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12779-12783
Number of pages	5
Journal	ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume	5
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/am4044745
State	Published - 26 Dec 2013

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Keywords

Array
DSSC
Microsphere
Nanotube
TiO

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