SUPPRESSION OF RECOMBINATION CHANNELS OF DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS BY INCORPORATING NANO-PARTICLES OF METALS AND INSULATORS TO THE SEMICONDUCTOR FILM

Metastable wurtzstannite Cu2ZnGeS4 (CZGS) nanocrystals were synthesized via a hot-injection method and then used as matrixes to fabricate PtCo–CZGS heterostructured nano-particles.

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Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using a Composite Electrolyte Consisting of LiI(CH 3 OH) 4 -I 2 , SiO 2 Nano-Particles and an Ionic Liquid

Chinese Physics Letters ◽

10.1088/0256-307x/21/9/043 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 21 (9) ◽

pp. 1828-1830 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Xue Bo-Fei ◽

Wang Hong-Xia ◽

Hu Yong-Sheng ◽

Li Hong ◽

Wang Zhao-Xiang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Ionic Liquid ◽

Solar Cells ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Nano Particles ◽

Composite Electrolyte ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Highly Efficient ◽

Sensitized Solar Cells

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The effect of pre-thermal treatment of TiO2 nano-particles on the performances of dye-sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ◽

10.1016/j.solmat.2005.06.001 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 90 (7-8) ◽

pp. 967-981 ◽

Cited By ~ 74

Author(s):

The-Vinh Nguyen ◽

Hyun-Cheol Lee ◽

O-Bong Yang

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Thermal Treatment ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Nano Particles ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Sensitized Solar Cells

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Application of TiO2 nano-particles on the electrode of dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids ◽

10.1016/j.jpcs.2008.12.002 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 70 (2) ◽

pp. 472-476 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

T.H. Meen ◽

W. Water ◽

W.R. Chen ◽

S.M. Chao ◽

L.W. Ji ◽

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Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Nano Particles ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Sensitized Solar Cells

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Room-Temperature Deposition of Nano-TiO2 Coating by Vacuum Cold Spraying Using TiCl4-Aagglomerated Nano-TiO2 Powder for Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell

Key Engineering Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.373-374.742 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 373-374 ◽

pp. 742-745 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Sheng Qiang Fan ◽

Chang Jiu Li ◽

Guan Jun Yang ◽

Jin Cheng Gao ◽

Ling Zi Zhang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Room Temperature ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Cold Spraying ◽

Tio2 Coating ◽

Nano Particles ◽

Nanocrystalline Tio2 ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Sensitized Solar Cells

TiCl4 treatment was used to chemically agglomerate TiO2 primary nano-particles to form a nanostructured powder in size of submicrometer. Nanocrystalline TiO2 coatings were fabricated by vacuum cold spraying at room temperature using the powder and were employed to assemble dye-sensitized solar cells. TiO2 coating of 10-20μm in thickness was deposited successfully on both F-doped tin oxide (FTO) conducting glass and plastic conducting substrate. The assembled solar cell with an FTO conducting glass yielded a short-circuit current density of 9.7 mA/cm2 and an energy conversion efficiency of 3.3%. Using the plastic substrate, the cell efficiency was 1.9%. These results suggest that TiCl4-treated nanocrystalline TiO2 agglomerates can be used to deposit TiO2 coating by vacuum cold spraying at low temperature for flexible dye-sensitized solar cells.

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