Effects of annealing conditions on the photoelectrochemical properties of dye-sensitized solar cells made with ZnO nanoparticles

被引：114

作者：

Lu, Lanlan ^{[1
]}

Li, Renjie ^{[1
]}

Fan, Ke ^{[1
]}

Peng, Tianyou ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Wuhan Univ, Coll Chem & Mol Sci, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China

[2] Peking Univ, State Key Lab Rare Earth Mat Chem & Applicat, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China

来源：

SOLAR ENERGY | 2010年 / 84卷 / 05期

关键词：

Dye-sensitized solar cell; ZnO film; Annealing temperature; Energy conversion; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON INJECTION; TIO2; PERFORMANCE; TRANSPORT; RECOMBINATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; FABRICATION; NB2O5; SNO2;

D O I：

10.1016/j.solener.2010.02.010

中图分类号：

TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];

学科分类号：

0807 ; 0820 ;

摘要：

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) were fabricated by using porous ZnO electrodes derived from home-made ZnO nanoparticles. Electrochemical impedance spectra and open-circuit photovoltage decay curves measurements were performed to investigate the photoelectrochemical characteristics of ZnO films annealed at different temperatures. The experimental results indicate that the effects of the bulk traps and the surface states within the ZnO films on the recombination processes of the photoinjected electrons in DSSCs depend on the annealing temperature. The DSSC based on the ZnO electrode annealed at 400 degrees C exhibits an optimal energy conversion efficiency of 3.92% under the illumination of one sun simulated sunlight because the farthest decrease in the effects of both bulk traps and surface states at this film can maintain a lower charge recombination probability. This result indicates that the ZnO film electrode has promising application in the field of DSSCs, and the optimization of porous film fabrication condition is efficient for the improvement of ZnO-based DSSC's performances. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：844 / 853

页数：10

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