Rapid Charge Transport in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Made from Vertically Aligned Single-Crystal Rutile TiO2 Nanowires

2012 ◽  
Vol 124 (11) ◽  
pp. 2781-2784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinjian Feng ◽  
Kai Zhu ◽  
Arthur J. Frank ◽  
Craig A. Grimes ◽  
Thomas E. Mallouk
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Charge Transport ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Tio2 Nanowires ◽  
Rutile Tio2 ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Vertically Aligned ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

Constructed Single-Crystal Rutile TiO2 Cluster and Plasmon Synergistic Effect for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

2015 ◽  
Vol 180 ◽  
pp. 705-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenjing Yu ◽  
Weiwei Sun ◽  
Yumin Liu ◽  
Hadja Fatima Mehnane ◽  
Haimin Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Synergistic Effect ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Rutile Tio2 ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

Fabrication of Morphology Controllable Vertically Aligned TiO2 Nanorod Arrays for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 680 ◽  
pp. 278-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fen Li ◽  
Su Juan Hu ◽  
Li Dong Wei ◽  
Bo Chi ◽  
Jian Li
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Growth Direction ◽  
Nanorod Arrays ◽  
Coated Glass Substrate ◽  
Rutile Structure ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Vertically Aligned ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Different Thickness

In this work, vertically aligned TiO2 nanorod arrays (NR) are synthesized directly on FTO coated glass substrate by hydrothermal method. The samples are characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM and the results indicate that the 1-D nanorods are of single crystal rutile structure with growth direction along the [001] direction. The morphology (diameter, thickness and density) of the nanorods can be adjusted by changing the precursor amounts. The possible growth mechanism of TiO2 nanorods on FTO substrate has also been briefly discussed in this work. For dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) fabricated of different thickness nanorods, a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 1.74% has been achieved by using ~3μm nanorod arrays under simulated AM 1.5 illumination (100 mW cm-2). It is expected that the 1-D nanorods can be composited with other nanomaterial of different structures and morphologies to enhance the efficiency of DSSCs.

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