Citation: QIAN Di-Feng, ZHANG Qing-Hong, * WAN Jun, LI Yao-Gang, WANG Hong-Zhi. Enhancing the Photovoltaic Performance of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells with the TiO₂ Sol Infiltrated Nanocrystalline Electrode[J]. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, ;2010, 26(10): 2745-2751. doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB20100948 shu

Enhancing the Photovoltaic Performance of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells with the TiO₂ Sol Infiltrated Nanocrystalline Electrode

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1. State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620,P. R. China;
2. Engineering Research Center of Advanced Glasses Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education,Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, P. R. China

Received Date: 7 April 2010
Available Online: 27 September 2010
Fund Project: 国家自然科学基金(50772127) (50772127)教育部科技创新工程重大项目培育资金项目(708039) (708039)中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金(10D10607)资助 (10D10607)

Transparent anatase titanium dioxide sol was prepared by the hydrothermal treatment of the home-made water soluble peroxotitanium acid (PTA). The nanorod-like TiO₂ nanocrystals witha mean diameter of less than7 nm were obtained in the absence of organic compounds. In order to eliminate the large pores derived from eletrode sintering and improve the connectivity among particles in the porous TiO₂ electrode, the as-prepared TiO₂ sol was infiltrated to the porous TiO₂ photoanode for dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). As a result, small nanocrystals of titanium dioxide attached to the surface of porous titanium dioxide as well as filled the large pores produced by photoanode sintering. The efficient electron transport networks were formed inside the porous titanium dioxide, which was confirmed by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and optical profilometry. The modified TiO₂ film as the anodic electrode was used for the DSSCs and assembled into solar cells. Consequently, the overall energy conversion efficiency of the DSSCs was significantly enhanced by 64% after the low-concentration TiO₂ sol infiltration.
- Sol,
- Infiltration,
- Electrode interface,
- Titania,
- Dye sensitized solar cell
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