Ultrathin SnO2 scaffolds for TiO2-based heterojunction photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cells: Oriented charge transport and improved light scattering

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 28, 2013, Pages 9366-9370

  Yang, Shuang ^a   Hou, Yu ^a   Xing, Jun ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a   Tian, Feng ^b   Yang, Xiao Hua ^a   Yang, Hua Gui ^a,c  

^a East China University of Science and Technology   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

heterojunctions; photoanodes; solar cells; tin; titanium

Indexed keywords

BULK STRUCTURE; CHARGE DIFFUSION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON TRANSIT; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PHOTO-ANODES; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS; ULTRATHIN NANOSHEETS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SCAFFOLDS; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

LOADING;

EID: 84879884564     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201300524     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. B. O'Regan, M. Grätzel, Nature 1991, 353, 737-740.
2. A. Hagfeldt, G. Boschloo, L. Sun, L. Kloo, H. Pettersson, Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 6595-6663.
3. J. Xing, W. Q. Fang, H. J. Zhao, H. G. Yang, Chem. Asian J. 2012, 7, 642-657.
4. H. G. Yang, C. H. Sun, S. Z. Qiao, J. Zou, G. Liu, S. C. Smith, H. M. Cheng, G. Q. Lu, Nature 2008, 453, 638-641.
5. X. Wu, Z. Chen, G. Q. Lu, L. Wang, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2011, 21, 4167-4172.
6. H. G. Yang, G. Liu, S. Z. Qiao, C. H. Sun, Y. G. Jin, S. C. Smith, J. Zou, H. M. Cheng, G. Q. Lu, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 4078-4083.
7. J. Navas, E. Guillén, R. Alcántara, C. Fernández- Lorenzo, J. Martín-Calleja, G. Oskam, J. Idígoras, T. Berger, J. A. Anta, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 1045-1050.
8. V. Thavasi, V. Renugopalakrishnan, R. Jose, S. Ramakrishna, Mater. Sci. Eng. R 2009, 63, 81-99.
9. M. Adachi, Y. Murata, J. Takao, J. Jiu, M. Sakamoto, F. Wang, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 14943-14949.
10. C.-R. Ke, L.-C. Chen, J.-M. Ting, J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 2600-2607.
11. X. Feng, K. Shankar, O. K. Varghese, M. Paulose, T. J. Latempa, C. A. Grimes, Nano Lett. 2008, 8, 3781-3786.
12. A. Kongkanand, R. Martínez Domínguez, P. V. Kamat, Nano Lett. 2007, 7, 676-680.
13. C. Xu, J. Wu, U. V. Desai, D. Gao, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8122-8125.
14. Q. Zhang, T. P. Chou, B. Russo, S. A. Jenekhe, G. Cao Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 2402-2406.
15. Y. Bai, H. Yu, Z. Li, R. Amal, G. Q. Lu, L. Wang, Adv. Mater. 2012, 24, 5850-5856.
16. S. Chappel, S.-G. Chen, A. Zaban, Langmuir 2002, 18, 3336-3342.
17. J. Z. Ou, R. A. Rani, M.-H. Ham, M. R. Field, Y. Zhang, H. Zheng, P. Reece, S. Zhuiykov, S. Sriram, M. Bhaskaran, R. B. Kaner, K. Kalantar-zadeh, ACS Nano 2012, 6, 4045-4053.
18. Y. Diamant, S. G. Chen, O. Melamed, A. Zaban, J. Phys. Chem. B 2003, 107, 1977-1981.
19. B. Tan, E. Toman, Y. Li, Y. Wu, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 4162-4163.
20. J. Qian, P. Liu, Y. Xiao, Y. Jiang, Y. Cao, X. Ai, H. Yang, Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 3663-3667.
21. S. Gubbala, V. Chakrapani, V. Kumar, M. K. Sunkara, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2008, 18, 2411-2418.
22. J. S. Chen, D. Luan, C. M. Li, F. Y. C. Boey, S. Qiao, X. W. Lou, Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 8252-8254.
23. R. Jose, V. Thavasi, S. Ramakrishna, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 2009, 92, 289-301.
24. J. S. Chen, Y. L. Tan, C. M. Li, Y. L. Cheah, D. Luan, S. Madhavi, F. Y. C. Boey, L. A. Archer, X. W. Lou, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 6124-6130.
25. J. Nelson, R. E. Chandler, Coord. Chem. Rev. 2004, 248, 1181-1194.
26. J.-C. Lin, C.-P. Lee, K.-C. Ho, J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 1270-1273.
27. Q. Wang, J. E. Moser, M. Grätzel, J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 14945-14953.
28. Q. Zhang, D. Myers, J. Lan, S. A. Jenekhe, G. Cao, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 14982-14998.
29. J. Xing, W. Q. Fang, Z. Li, H. G. Yang, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2012, 51, 4247-4253.
30. S. Ito, T. N. Murakami, P. Comte, P. Liska, C. Grätzel, M. K. Nazeeruddin, M. Grätzel, Thin Solid Films 2008, 516, 4613-4619.