Citation: HUANG Huan, WEI Yu-Long, BAO Chun-Xiong, GAO Hao, YU Tao, ZOU Zhi-Gang. Size-Controlled Nanoporous TiO₂ Spheres with High Dye-Loading: Facile Synthesis and Application as Scattering Layers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2013, 29(10): 2169-2175. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-4861.2013.00.326 shu

Size-Controlled Nanoporous TiO₂ Spheres with High Dye-Loading: Facile Synthesis and Application as Scattering Layers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

HUANG Huan ^1,2 ,
WEI Yu-Long ^1,2 ,
BAO Chun-Xiong ^1,2 ,
GAO Hao ^1,2 ,
YU Tao ^1,2 ,
ZOU Zhi-Gang ^1,3

1.
1 National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;

Received Date: 9 April 2013
Available Online: 9 June 2013
Fund Project: 国家自然科学基金(No.11174129) (No.11174129)江苏省自然科学基金(No.BK2011056,BE2012089) (No.BK2011056,BE2012089)中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金(No.1116020406)资助项目 (No.1116020406)

Anatase nanoporous TiO₂ spheres were synthesized via a modified sol-gel method. By controlling the concentration of the precursor, size-controlled nanoporous TiO₂ spheres with high dye-loading were achieved. The synthesized spheres with different sizes (100 nm, 175 nm, 225 nm, 475 nm) were used as scattering layers on a TiO₂ nanoparticle film by electrophoresis deposition method to form bi-layered dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Scattering effect of the layers with different sized spheres was studied. It was proved that the 475nm-sized spheres showed optium light scattering effect. Due to the scattering effect, an overall photoelectric conversion efficiency of 6.3% has been achieved, a 30% increase compared with the nanoparticle-based photoanode.
- size-controlled nanoporous TiO₂ spheres; scattering layer; dye-sensitized solar cells
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