Study on the fabrication and photovoltaic property of TiO2 mesoporous microspheres

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作者
Tu, Luo [1 ]
Pan, Hao [1 ]
Xie, Haixian [1 ]
Yu, Ang [1 ]
Xu, Meigui [1 ]
Chai, Qingli [1 ]
Cui, Yuming [1 ]
Zhou, Xingfu [1 ]
机构
[1] Nanjing Univ Technol, Coll Chem & Chem Engn, State Key Lab Mat Oriented Chem Engn, Nanjing 210009, Peoples R China
关键词
TiO2 mesoporous microspheres; Dye-sensitized solar cells; Dye loading; Light-scattering; SENSITIZED SOLAR-CELLS; HOLLOW SPHERES; IONIC LIQUID; LINEAR POLYMER; PERFORMANCE; NANORODS; MICROSTRUCTURES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOCRYSTALS; DEGRADATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2012.02.012
中图分类号
O61 [无机化学];
学科分类号
070301 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Titanium dioxide mesoporous microspheres with high surface area was successfully prepared by a facile one-step hydrothermal approach using polyethylene glycol (PEG, MW 200) as the soft template. Study shows that similar to 15 nm TiO2 nanoparticles was assembled into similar to 1.1 mu m mesoporous microspheres. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area of TiO2 microsphere is up to 137 m(2)/g. TiO2 mesoporous microspheres were fabricated onto the surface of fluorine-doped tin oxide glass and used as the photoanode of dye-sensitized solar cells, which exhibits an open circuit photovoltage of 0.80 V and an overall conversion efficiency of 6.6%. Owing to the enhanced dye loading and light-harvesting efficiency, a 26% improvement in the overall conversion efficiency was achieved when compared with the commercial Degussa P-25 nanoparticles. (C) 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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页码:616 / 621
页数:6
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