Poriferous microtablet of anatase TiO2 growth on an ITO surface for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 174-182

  Ali Umar, Akrajas ^a   Nafisah, Suratun ^a   Md Saad, Siti Khatijah ^a   Tee Tan, Sin ^a   Balouch, Aamna ^a   Mat Salleh, Muhamad ^a   Oyama, Munetaka ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROENGINEERING AND NANOELECTRONICS IMEN   (Malaysia)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatase TiO2; Dye loading; Microtablet; Poriferous; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

ANATASE TIO; DYE-LOADING; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; LIQUID PHASE DEPOSITION METHOD; MICROTABLET; PORIFEROUS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

BRICK; NANOWIRES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE REACTIONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84891528309     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. 2 Nanocrystals Nonaqueous synthesis, growth mechanism, and exploitation in dye-sensitized solar cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133 2011 19216 19239
2. 2 nanostructure thin films: effect of growth temperature Appl. Surf. Sci. 270 2013 109 114
3. 2 nanorod arrays grown on carbon fiber for dye-sensitized solar cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134 2012 4437 4441
4. D. Kim, A. Ghicov, S.P. Albu, P. Schmuki, and Bamboo-Type TiO2 Nanotubes Improved conversion efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130 2008 16454 16455
5. 2 nanotube arrays: transport, trapping, and transfer of electrons J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130 2008 13364 13372
6. 2 nanotubes J. Phys. Chem. C 114 2010 21851 21855
7. 2 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125 2003 9770 9786 (Pubitemid 36980602)
8. 2 mesosponge layers for high-efficiency photocatalysis J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132 2010 1478 1479
9. 2 nanotubes† J. Phys. Chem. B 114 2010 14537 14543
10. W. Sharmoukh, N.K. Allam, and TiO2 Nanotube-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell using new photosensitizer with enhanced open-circuit voltage and fill factor ACS Appl. Mater. Inter 4 2012 4413 4418
11. 2 nanotube-array photoelectrodes J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130 2008 1124 1125 (Pubitemid 351170976)
12. 2-based nanotubes J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125 2003 12384 12385 (Pubitemid 37254738)
13. 2 nanotube arrays: fabrication, material properties, and solar energy applications Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 90 2006 2011 2075 (Pubitemid 43868076)
14. 2 nanotube arrays: reducing the dimensionality of transport and recombination in dye-sensitized solar cells Nano Lett 7 2007 3739 3746
15. 2 nanowires Angew. Chem. 124 2012 2781 2784
16. 2 nanotubes arrays Nano Lett 7 2007 69 74 (Pubitemid 46225831)
17. 2 solar cells: transport, recombination and photovoltaic properties Coord. Chem. Rev. 248 2004 1165 1179
18. 2 single crystals delivering enhanced mobility and optoelectronic device performance Nature 495 2013 215 219
19. A. Zaban, M. Greenshtein, and J. Bisquert Determination of the electron lifetime in nanocrystalline dye solar cells by open-circuit voltage decay measurements Chemphyschem 4 2003 859 864
20. 2 films on graphite electrodes prepared by liquid phase deposition Mater. Chem. Phys. 88 2004 398 403
21. K. Shimizu, H. Imai, H. Hirashima, and K. Tsukuma Low-temperature synthesis of anatase thin films on glass and organic substrates by direct deposition from aqueous solutions Thin Solid Films 351 1999 220 224 (Pubitemid 32213761)
22. M. Graetzel, R.A.J. Janssen, D.B. Mitzi, and E.H. Sargent Materials interface engineering for solution-processed photovoltaics Nature 488 2012 304 312
23. M. Gratzel Photoelectrochemical cells Nature 414 2001 338 344 (Pubitemid 33097816)
24. 2 films Nature 353 1991 737 740 (Pubitemid 21912607)
25. J.F. Banfield, S.A. Welch, H. Zhang, T.T. Ebert, and R.L. Penn Aggregation-based crystal growth and microstructure development in natural iron oxyhydroxide biomineralization products Science 289 2000 751 754 (Pubitemid 30650189)
26. D. Li, M.H. Nielsen, J.R.I. Lee, C. Frandsen, J.F. Banfield, and J.J. De Yoreo Direction-specific interactions control crystal growth by oriented attachment Science 336 2012 1014 1018
27. A.M. Fajardo, and N.S. Lewis Rate constants for charge transfer across semiconductor-liquid interfaces Science 274 1996 968 972
28. 2 surfaces: principles, mechanisms, and selected results Chem. Rev. 95 1995 735 758
29. 2: in situ attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy study, simulations, and correlation with dye-sensitized solar cell characteristics Langmuir 28 2012 11354 11363
30. 3 charge-recombination barrier formed by low-temperature atomic layer deposition J. Mater. Chem. 19 2009 2999 3003
31. 2 nanoporous electrode Chem. Mater. 13 2001 678 682 (Pubitemid 32199384)
32. H.-S. Kim, C.-R. Lee, J.-H. Im, K.-B. Lee, T. Moehl, A. Marchioro, S.-J. Moon, R. Humphry-Baker, J.-H. Yum, and J.E. Moser Lead iodide perovskite sensitized all-solid-state submicron thin film mesoscopic solar cell with efficiency exceeding 9% Sci. Rep 2 2012 5911 5917