Effects of hydrochloric acid treatment of TiO2 nanoparticles/nanofibers bilayer film on the photovoltaic properties of dye-sensitized solar cells

2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 978-982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lixin Song ◽  
Pingfan Du ◽  
Xiaoli Shao ◽  
Houbao Cao ◽  
Quan Hui ◽  
...  
2009 ◽  
Vol 63 (26) ◽  
pp. 2208-2211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyung-Hee Park ◽  
En Mei Jin ◽  
Hal Bon Gu ◽  
Sang Eun Shim ◽  
Chang Kook Hong

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Cheng Kao ◽  
Hone-Zern Chen ◽  
San-Lin Young ◽  
Chen-Cheng Lin ◽  
Chung-Yuan Kung

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 1403-1412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng-Wei Lee ◽  
Hsueh-Pei Lu ◽  
Chi-Ming Lan ◽  
Yi-Lin Huang ◽  
You-Ren Liang ◽  
...  

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 2922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zainal Arifin ◽  
Suyitno Suyitno ◽  
Syamsul Hadi ◽  
Bayu Sutanto

In this study, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) were fabricated using double-layer photoanodes consisting of TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) and Zn-doped TiO2 hollow fibers (HFs). The TiO2 HFs were prepared by co-axial electrospinning and used as the light-scattering layer in the DSSC. The thickness variations of the TiO2 NP and Zn-doped TiO2 HF photoanode layers affect the performance of the DSSC, especially the short-circuit photocurrent density. The thickness of the TiO2 NP layer significantly affected the absorbance of photons and N719 dye molecules in the double-layer photoanode, while that of the Zn-doped TiO2 HF layer affected the scattering of light, as indicated by the low light transmittance in the photoanode. Conventional DSSCs consist of single-layer photoanodes, and exhibit relatively low efficiency, i.e., 1.293% and 0.89% for TiO2 NP and Zn-doped TiO2 HF, respectively. However, herein, the highest efficiency of the DSSC (3.122%) was achieved with a 15 μm NP-5 μm HF photoanode, for which the short-circuit photocurrent density, open-circuit photovoltage, and fill factor were 15.81 mA/cm2, 0.566 V, and 34.91%, respectively.


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