Transmission booster from SiO2 incorporated TiO2 crystallites: Enhanced conversion efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 134, Issue , 2014, Pages 281-286

  Xu, Peipei ^a   Tang, Qunwei ^a   He, Benlin ^a   Li, Qinghua ^b   Chen, Haiyan ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NANCHANG HANGKONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallite; Dye excitation; Dye sensitized solar cell; Photoanode; Transmission enhancement

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLITES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROLYTES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY DEPLETION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; PHOTO-ANODES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRANSMISSION ENHANCEMENT;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84901032821     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.03.121     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. 2 films Nature 353 1991 737
2. S.F. Zhang, X.D. Yang, Y. Numata, and L.Y. Han Highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells: progress and future challenges Energy Environ. Sci. 6 2013 1443
3. 2 nanotube arrays Electrochim. Acta 116 2014 26
4. G. Wang, S. Kuang, D. Wang, and S. Zhuo Nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon as low-cost counter electrode for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells Electrochim. Acta 113 2013 346
5. H.G. Agrell, J. Lindgren, and A. Hagfeldt Degradation mechanisms in a dye-sensitized solar cell studied by UV-VIS and IR spectroscopy Solar Energy 73 2003 169
6. D. Cahen, G. Hodes, M. Grätzel, J.F. Guillemoles, and I. Riess Nature of photovoltaic action in dye-sensitized solar cells J. Phys. Chem. B 104 2000 2053
7. H.S. Jung, and J.K. Lee Dye sensitized solar cells for economically viable photovoltaic systems J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4 2013 1682
8. A. Listorti, B. O'Regan, and J.R. Durrant Electron transfer dynamics in dye-sensitized solar cells Chem. Mater. 23 2011 3381
9. S. Colodrero, A. Mihi, J.A. Anta, M. Ocana, and H. Miguez Experimental demonstration of the mechanism of light harvesting enhancement in photonic-crystal-based dye-sensitized solar cells J. Phys. Chem. C 113 2009 1150
10. 2 core/shell structure as light scattering material for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 5 2013 4815
11. H.J. Son, X. Wang, C. Prasittichai, N.C. Jeong, T. Aaltonen, R.G. Gordon, and J.T. Hupp Glass-encapsulated light harvesters: More efficient dye-sensitized solar cells by deposition of self-aligned, conformal, and self-limited silica layers J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134 2012 9537
12. 2 hybrid photoanodes for enhanced light harvesting in dye-sensitized solar cells J. Mater. Chem. 22 2012 18930
13. S. Ito, S.M. Zakeeruddin, P. Comte, P. Liska, D. Kuang, and M. Grätzel Bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells based on an ionic liquid electrolyte Nat. Photonics 2 2008 693
14. T. Trupke, P. Würfel, and I. Uhlendorf Dependence of the photocurrent conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells on the incident light intensity J. Phys. Chem. B 104 2000 11484
15. I. Gonzalez-Valls, Y. Yu, B. Ballesteros, J. Oro, and M. Lira-Cantu Synthesis conditions, light intensity and temperature effect on the performance of ZnO nanorods-based dye sensitized solar cells J. Power Sources 196 2011 6609
16. X.Z. Guo, Y.H. Luo, C.H. Li, D. Qin, D.M. Li, and Q.B. Meng Can the incident photo-to-electron conversion efficiency be used to calculate short-circuit current density of dye-sensitized solar cells Curr. Appl. Phys. 12 2012 e54
17. 3 materials J. Phys. Chem. B 101 1997 2611
18. 2 materials Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 46 2007 7605
19. G.A. Zacheis, K.A. Gray, and P.V. Kamat Radiation induced catalytic dechlorination of hexachlorobenzene on various oxide surfaces J. Phys. Chem. B 105 2001 4715
20. 2 photocatalysts: the effect of electronic characteristics Catal. Commun. 5 2004 59
21. 2 nanocomposite microspheres by evaporation-induced self-assembly Langmuir 28 2012 11343
22. S. Phanichphant, C. Liewhiran, K. Wetchakun, A. Wisitsoraat, and A. Tuantranont Flame-made Nb-doped TiO2 ethanol and acetone sensors Sensors 11 2011 472
23. 3-based dye-sensitized solar cells ACS Nano 7 2013 1027
24. 2 by polypyridine dyes: role of the electron donor J. Electrochem. Soc. 150 2003 E155