Paste Aging Spontaneously Tunes TiO2 Nanoparticles into Reproducible Electrosprayed Photoelectrodes

被引：3

作者：

Shahiduzzaman, Md ^{[5
,6
]}

Chen, Boyang ^{[1
]}

Akhtaruzzaman, Md ^{[2
]}

Wang, LiangLe ^{[3
]}

Fukuhara, Hiroki ^{[1
]}

Tomita, Koji ^{[4
]}

Iwamori, Satoru ^{[5
]}

Nunzi, Jean-Michel ^{[6
,7
]}

Taima, Tetsuya ^{[3
,6
]}

Umezu, Shinjiro ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Waseda Univ, Dept Modern Mech Engn, Tokyo 2698555, Japan

[2] Natl Univ Malaysia, Solar Energy Res Inst, Selangor 43600, Malaysia

[3] Kanazawa Univ, Grad Sch Frontier Sci Initiat, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 9201192, Japan

[4] Tokai Univ, Sch Sci, Dept Chem, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 2591292, Japan

[5] Tokai Univ, Res Inst Sci & Technol RIST, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 2591292, Japan

[6] Kanazawa Univ, Nanomat Res Inst NanoMaRi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 9201192, Japan

[7] Queens Univ, Dept Phys Engn Phys & Astron, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada

来源：

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES | 2021年 / 13卷 / 45期

基金：

加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;

关键词：

electrospray technique; spontaneous microstructure tuning; TiO2; aging; reproducible; N719; dye; dye-sensitized solar cells; SENSITIZED SOLAR-CELL; SIZE; EFFICIENCY; NANOCRYSTALLINE; FABRICATION; DEPOSITION; PARTICLES; STABILITY;

D O I：

10.1021/acsami.1c13793

中图分类号：

TB3 [工程材料学];

学科分类号：

0805 ; 080502 ;

摘要：

In this study, the spontaneous microstructure tuning of TiO2 was observed by aging the ethanol/water TiO2 paste for up to 20 days at ambient conditions. A dynamic light scattering study reveals that it formed the outstanding reproducible TiO2 microstructure with a , similar to 200 nm average particle size and stabilizes in 6 to 20 days under an ambient atmosphere. Interestingly, the asdeposited day 15 sample spontaneously changed its crystallinity upon keeping the paste at ambient conditions; meanwhile the day 0 sample showed an amorphous structure. A dense, uniform, and stable TiO2 electrode was cast on a fluorine doped-tin oxide substrate using the electrospray technique. We exploit the spontaneous evolution of the TiO2 nanopowder to revisit the fabrication procedure of the TiO2 photoelectrode for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The controlled microstructure TiO2 film was used in DSSCs, which, to the best of our knowledge, achieved the highest power conversion efficiency of 9.65% using N719 dye in sensitizing the TiO2 photoanode.

引用

页码：53758 / 53766

页数：9

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