Efficiency improvement of TiO2 nanowire arrays based dye-sensitized solar cells through further enhancing the specific surface area

2019 ◽  
Vol 505 ◽  
pp. 62-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiming Ni ◽  
Dongbo Wang ◽  
Fengyun Guo ◽  
Shujie Jiao ◽  
Yong Zhang ◽  
...  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sutthipoj Sutthana ◽  
Duangmanee Wongratanaphisan ◽  
Atcharawon Gardchareon ◽  
Surachet Phadungdhitidhada ◽  
Pipat Ruankham ◽  
...  

Surface modification of porous ZnO photoelectrode using one- and two-step etching process is investigated for enhancing power conversion efficiency of ZnO dye-sensitized solar cells. ZnO films are modified by the diluted NH4OH solutions for one-step etching process and used as photoelectrode of dye-sensitized solar cells. Rough porous films are observed after one-step etching process. The fabricated cells based on the optimized one-step etched films show a significant increase in short-circuit current density. The short-circuit current density is directly changed with amount of dye adsorption, which is related to specific surface area. The etched films exhibit higher specific surface area over two times than nonetched films. Thus, the large specific surface area is the key success for increasing amount of dye adsorption. Internal electrochemical property of fabricated cells is also improved, indicating that chemical surface of ZnO films is modified in the same time. The DSSCs fabricated on two-step etched films with NH4OH and mixed acid HCl : HNO3show the maximum power conversion efficiency of 2.26%. Moreover, fill factor is also increased due to better redox process because of the formation of fine porous structure during the etching process. Therefore, these results implied that the roles of etching processes are improving specific surface area and fine porous formation which can provide better dye adsorption and redox process for dye-sensitized solar cell application.


2020 ◽  
Vol 861 ◽  
pp. 289-294
Author(s):  
Chao Yang ◽  
Fang Wang ◽  
Rui Hua Wang ◽  
Min Han Xu ◽  
Bo Feng Ma ◽  
...  

Dye-sensitized solar cells have better development prospects than silicon cells, and their main structural composition of nanoporous semiconductor films is particularly important. It is the tin dioxide film, and the effect of preparing tin oxide film on dye-sensitized solar cells under different conditions is studied. In this paper, the SnO2 powder was prepared by hydrothermal method, and the experiment was studied by controlled variable method. The properties of the obtained tin dioxide powder were characterized by SEM and three-dimensional ultra-depth microscope and XRD. The XRD diffraction peak is shown as tetragonal phase rutile type SnO2, With the increase of the concentration of tin tetrachloride solution, the coarser the particle size of the tin oxide crystal in the film, the more complicated the surface morphology, so that the specific surface area of the film is larger. At 0.1 mol/L, the surface of the film is a porous structure in the form of a loose sheet is presented. After analyzing the surface microstructure and flatness of the tin dioxide film, it can be concluded that the effect of salt concentration on the specific surface area of the film is extremely large. When the salt concentration is higher or lower, the obtained two the surface of the tin oxide film is relatively flat and has poor performance. When the salt concentration is 0.1mol/L, the surface of the obtained film has a large undulation and a large specific surface area, and the ability to adsorb the dye molecules can be predicted to be the greatest, and the photoelectric conversion efficiency is optimal in the photocatalytic process.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (107) ◽  
pp. 88052-88058 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhisheng Chai ◽  
Jiuwang Gu ◽  
Javid Khan ◽  
Yufei Yuan ◽  
Lianhuan Du ◽  
...  

Thin, lightweight and flexible dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) using three different kinds of TiO2 nanostructures grown on Ti meshes as photoanodes have been fabricated.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (47) ◽  
pp. 11118-11128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenwu Liu ◽  
Hui-gang Wang ◽  
Xiaofei Wang ◽  
Mei Zhang ◽  
Min Guo

TiO2 nanowire arrays/2.4 mol% Nb-doped TiO2 nanoparticles composites were synthesized on Ti-mesh substrates using a hydrothermal approach for fully flexible dye-sensitized solar cells that exhibited good 7.20% conversion efficiency.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shou-Yi Kuo ◽  
Ming-Yang Hsieh ◽  
Hsin-I Lin

We had successfully fabricated ZnO-based nanowires by vapor transport method in the furnace tube. ZnO nanowire arrays grown in 600°C for 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, and 120 minutes had applied to the dye-sensitized solar cells. The dye loading is proportional to the total equivalent surface area of ZnO nanowire arrays in the cells and plays an important role in improving power conversion efficiency. The highest efficiency was observed in DSSC sample with ZnO nanowires grown for 90 minutes, which had the largest equivalent surface area and also the highest dye loading. According to our experimental results, the enhancement in power conversion efficiency is attributed to the higher light harvesting and reduction of carrier recombination. In addition, ZnO nanowires also contribute to the photocurrent in the UV region.


2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wu-Qiang Wu ◽  
Bing-Xin Lei ◽  
Hua-Shang Rao ◽  
Yang-Fan Xu ◽  
Yu-Fen Wang ◽  
...  

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