Electron transport and recombination in dye sensitized solar cells fabricated from obliquely sputter deposited and thermally annealed TiO2 films

被引：39
作者：
Waita, Sebastian M.
Aduda, Bernard O.
Mwabora, Julius M.
Granqvist, Claes G.
Lindquist, Sten-Eric
Niklasson, Gunnar A.
Hafeldt, Anders
Boschloo, Gerrit
机构：
[1] Royal Inst Technol, Dept Chem, Ctr Mol Dev, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
[2] Univ Nairobi, Dept Phys, Nairobi, Kenya
[3] Uppsala Univ, Angstrom Lab, Dept Engn Sci, SE-75121 Uppsala, Sweden
来源：
JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY | 2007年 / 605卷 / 02期
关键词：
nanostructured TiO2; mesoporous materials; reactive sputtering; electron trapping;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jelechem.2007.04.001
中图分类号：
O65 [分析化学];
学科分类号：
070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要：
Dye sensitized solar cells based on annealed titanium dioxide films prepared by oblique reactive DC magnetron sputtering have been investigated in detail. Electron transport and recombination were studied using intensity-modulated photocurrent and photovoltage spectroscopy. Electron transport time as well as lifetime were found to increase upon lowering of the light intensity and to increase upon increasing the thickness of the TiO2 film. The properties are very similar to those observed for solar cells based on colloidal TiO2 films despite the morphologies being very different. In all cases, films are composed of a porous assembly of TiO2 nanocrystals. Grain boundaries with associated trap and/or energy barriers may explain the observed transport properties. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页数：6
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