Effect of Surface Protonation of TiO2 on Charge Recombination and Conduction Band Edge Movement in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

2009 ◽  
Vol 113 (34) ◽  
pp. 15417-15421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhong-Sheng Wang ◽  
Gang Zhou
Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 1502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hye Kyeong Sung ◽  
Yeonju Lee ◽  
Wook Hyun Kim ◽  
Sang-Ju Lee ◽  
Shi-Joon Sung ◽  
...  

By simple soaking titanium dioxide (TiO2) films in an aqueous Na2S solution, we could prepare surface-modified photoanodes for application to dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). An improvement in both the open-circuit voltage (Voc) and the fill factor (FF) was observed in the DSSC with the 5 min-soaked photoanode, compared with those of the control cell without any modification. The UV–visible absorbance spectra, UPS valence band spectra, and dark current measurements revealed that the Na2S modification led to the formation of anions on the TiO2 surface, and thereby shifted the conduction band edge of TiO2 in the negative (upward) direction, inducing an increase of 29 mV in the Voc. It was also found that the increased FF value in the surface-treated device was attributed to an elevation in the shunt resistance.


2012 ◽  
Vol 125 (3) ◽  
pp. 1007-1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuele Maggio ◽  
Natalia Martsinovich ◽  
Alessandro Troisi

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (67) ◽  
pp. 42013-42023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting-Kuang Chang ◽  
Yun Chi

The sensitizer TF-tBu_C3F7 has shown the highest overall efficiencies of JSC = 18.47 mA cm−2, VOC = 767 mV, FF = 0.71 and PCE = 10.05% under simulated one sun irradiation, due to the fine balance between dye loading and reduced charge recombination.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (103) ◽  
pp. 84959-84966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-Li Gao ◽  
Yi Wang ◽  
Ping Zhang ◽  
Li-Min Fu ◽  
Xi-Cheng Ai ◽  
...  

Charge recombination takes place, respectively, within the frameworks of transfer- and transport-limited recombination mechanisms, at low and high electron density.


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