Conical islands of TiO2 nanotube arrays in the photoelectrode of dye-sensitized solar cells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-10

  Kim, Woong Rae ^a   Park, Hun ^b   Choi, Won Youl ^a  

^a Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anodic oxidation; Conical islands; Dye sensitized solar cells; TiO2 nanotube

Indexed keywords

ANODIC OXIDATION; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; NANOTUBES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; CONICAL ISLANDS; DECAY MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRON LIFETIME; ETHYLENE GLYCOL SOLUTIONS; IMPROVING PERFORMANCE; TIO2 NANOTUBE ARRAYS; TIO2 NANOTUBES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84923643262     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-0737-2     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. 2 films. Nature. 1991;353(6346):737–40.
2. Burschka J, Pellet N, Moon S-J, Humphry-Baker R, Gao P, Nazeeruddin MK, et al. Sequential deposition as a route to high-performance perovskite-sensitized solar cells. Nature. 2013;499(7458):316–9.
3. Yu X, Ci Z, Liu T, Feng X, Wang C, Ma T, et al. Influence of different electron acceptors in organic sensitizers on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells. Dyes Pigments. 2014;102:126–32.
4. Wang S, Wang H, Guo J, Tang H, Zhao J. Influence of the terminal electron donor in D–D–π–A phenothiazine dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells. Dyes Pigments. 2014;109:96–104.
5. Sharma GD, Patel KR, Roy MS, Misra R. Characterization of two new (A–π)2–D–A type dyes with different central D unit and their application for dye sensitized solar cells. Org Electron. 2014;15(8):1780–90.
6. Neuthe K, Bittner F, Stiemke F, Ziem B, Du J, Zellner M, et al. Phosphonic acid anchored ruthenium complexes for ZnO-based dye-sensitized solar cells. Dyes Pigments. 2014;104:24–33.
7. Liu L, Chen J, Ku Z, Li X, Han H. Unsymmetrical squaraine sensitizers containing auxiliary arylamine donor for NIR-harvesting on dye-sensitized solar cell. Dyes Pigments. 2014;106:128–35.
8. Liu D-S, Ding W-L, Zhu K-L, Geng Z-Y, Wang D-M, Zhao X-L. The master factors influencing the efficiency of D–A–π–A configurated organic sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cell via theoretically characterization: design and verification. Dyes Pigments. 2014;105:192–201.
9. Lee W, Yuk SB, Choi J, Kim HJ, Kim HW, Kim SH, et al. The effects of the number of anchoring groups and N-substitution on the performance of phenoxazine dyes in dye-sensitized solar cells. Dyes Pigments. 2014;102:13–21.
10. Lee CH, Yun HJ, Jung MR, Lee JG, Kim SH, Kim JH. Preparation and characterization of squaraine dyes containing mono- and bis-anchoring groups as the light absorber in dye sensitized solar cells. Electrochim Acta. 2014;138:148–54.
11. He J, Hua J, Hu G, Yin XJ, Gong H, Li C. Organic dyes incorporating a thiophene or furan moiety for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells. Dyes Pigments. 2014;104:75–82.
12. Chen X, Jia C, Wan Z, Yao X. Organic dyes with imidazole derivatives as auxiliary donors for dye-sensitized solar cells: experimental and theoretical investigation. Dyes Pigments. 2014;104:48–56.
13. Li L-L, Diau EW-G. Porphyrin-sensitized solar cells. Chem Soc Rev. 2013;42(1):291–304.
14. 2 films with uniformly or gradually changed pore size for use as photoelectrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells. Electrochim Acta. 2014;115:255–62.
15. 2 core–shell nanoparticle photoelectrode for improved efficiencies of dye-sensitized solar cells. J Power Sources. 2013;226:47–53.
16. 3 nanorods as photoelectrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells. J Alloys Compd. 2013;547:113–7.
17. Xie Y, Huang N, Liu Y, Sun W, Mehnane HF, You S, et al. Photoelectrodes modification by N doping for dye-sensitized solar cells. Electrochim Acta. 2013;93:202–6.
18. Maldonado-Valdivia AI, Galindo EG, Ariza MJ, García-Salinas MJ. Surfactant influence in the performance of titanium dioxide photoelectrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells. Sol Energy. 2013;91:263–72.
19. Maçaira J, Andrade L, Mendes A. Review on nanostructured photoelectrodes for next generation dye-sensitized solar cells. Renew Sustain Energy Rev. 2013;27:334–49.
20. 2 nanotube arrays in dye-sensitized solar cells. Nano Lett. 2006;6(2):215–8.
21. 2 nanotubes arrays. Nano Lett. 2007;7(1):69–74.
22. 2 nanotube arrays: reducing the dimensionality of transport and recombination in dye-sensitized solar cells. Nano Lett. 2007;7(12):3739–46.
23. 2-nanotube-based dye-sensitized solar cells fabricated by an efficient anodic oxidation for high surface area. J Phys Chem Solid. 2008;69(5–6):1272–5.
24. 2 nanotubes and application to dye-sensitized solar cells. J Electroceramics. 2009;23(2–4):146–9.
25. 2 nanotube arrays and application to dye-sensitized solar cells using the concept of isoelectric point. J Ceram Soc Jpn. 2009;117(1365):596–9.
26. 2 nanotube arrays. Sol Energy Mater Sol Cells. 2011;95(1):184–9.
27. 2-nanotube-based dye-sensitized solar cells. J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2012;12(2):1535–8.
28. 2 nanotube arrays for dye-sensitized photoelectrodes. J Power Sources. 2012;216:36–41.
29. 2-nanotube-based dye-sensitized solar cells containing fluorescent material. J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2013;13(5):3487–90.
30. 2 micro-flowers composed of nanotubes and their application to dye-sensitized solar cells. Nanoscale Res Lett. 2014;9(1):1–10.
31. Law M, Greene LE, Johnson JC, Saykally R, Yang P. Nanowire dye-sensitized solar cells. Nat Mater. 2005;4(6):455–9.
32. Ko SH, Lee D, Kang HW, Nam KH, Yeo JY, Hong SJ, et al. Nanoforest of hydrothermally grown hierarchical ZnO nanowires for a high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cell. Nano Lett. 2011;11(2):666–71.
33. 2 nanowire arrays on Ti-foil substrate for efficient flexible dye-sensitized solar cells. Energy Environ Sci. 2012;5(2):5750–7.
34. Fan J, Hao Y, Cabot A, Johansson EM, Boschloo G, Hagfeldt A. Cobalt (II/III) redox electrolyte in ZnO nanowire-based dye-sensitized solar cells. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2013;5(6):1902–6.
35. 2 hemispheres obtained by colloidal templating for application in dye-sensitized solar cells. Adv Mater. 2008;20(5):1059–64.
36. Yang D-J, Yang S-C, Hong J-M, Lee H, Kim I-D. Size-dependent photovoltaic property in hollow hemisphere array based dye-sensitized solar cells. J Electroceramics. 2010;24(3):200–4.
37. 2 nanotube photonic crystal to dye‐sensitized solar cell: a single‐step approach. Adv Mater. 2011;23(47):5624–8.
38. 2 nanotube membranes for high efficiency dye‐sensitized solar cells. Adv Funct Mater. 2013;23(47):5952–60.
39. Zhou Y, Chen L, Dai H, Tao Y. LIU J-g, Hu Y. Porous, single crystalline titanium nitride nanoplates grown on carbon fibers: an excellent counter electrode for low-cost, high performance, fiber-shaped dye-sensitized solar cells. Chemical Communications. 2014;50:14321–4.
40. Yun D-J, Ra H, Rhee S-W. Concentration effect of multiwalled carbon nanotube and poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polymerized with poly(4-styrenesulfonate) conjugated film on the catalytic activity for counter electrode in dye sensitized solar cells. Renew Energy. 2013;50:692–700.
41. 2–ZnS heterostructured nanomaterials as low-cost and high-performance counter electrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells. Energy Environ Sci. 2013;6(3):835–40.
42. Xu X, Huang D, Cao K, Wang M, Zakeeruddin SM, Grätzel M. Electrochemically reduced graphene oxide multilayer films as efficient counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells. Scientific Reports. 2013;3:1–7.
43. 2 as an efficient electrocatalyst for a Pt-free counter electrode of dye-sensitized solar cells. Chem Commun. 2013;49(14):1437–9.
44. Ellis H, Vlachopoulos N, Häggman L, Perruchot C, Jouini M, Boschloo G, et al. PEDOT counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells prepared by aqueous micellar electrodeposition. Electrochim Acta. 2013;107:45–51.
45. Chang L-H, Hsieh C-K, Hsiao M-C, Chiang J-C, Liu P-I, Ho K-K, et al. A graphene-multi-walled carbon nanotube hybrid supported on fluorinated tin oxide as a counter electrode of dye-sensitized solar cells. J Power Sources. 2013;222:518–25.
46. Bu C, Tai Q, Liu Y, Guo S, Zhao X. A transparent and stable polypyrrole counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cell. J Power Sources. 2013;221:78–83.
47. Yella A, Lee H-W, Tsao HN, Yi C, Chandiran AK, Nazeeruddin MK, et al. Porphyrin-sensitized solar cells with cobalt (II/III)–based redox electrolyte exceed 12 percent efficiency. Science. 2011;334(6056):629–34.
48. Bai Y, Cao Y, Zhang J, Wang M, Li R, Wang P, et al. High-performance dye-sensitized solar cells based on solvent-free electrolytes produced from eutectic melts. Nat Mater. 2008;7(8):626–30.
49. Snaith HJ, Schmidt‐Mende L. Advances in liquid electrolyte and solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. Adv Mater. 2007;19(20):3187–200.
50. Wang P, Zakeeruddin SM, Moser JE, Nazeeruddin MK, Sekiguchi T, Grätzel M. A stable quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell with an amphiphilic ruthenium sensitizer and polymer gel electrolyte. Nat Mater. 2003;2(6):402–7.
51. Nogueira AF, Durrant JR, De Paoli MA. Dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cells employing a polymer electrolyte. Adv Mater. 2001;13(11):826–30.
52. 2 nanotube arrays obtained by anodic oxidation. J Trans Electr Electron Mater. 2010;11:112–5.
53. 2 nanotube arrays: fabrication, material properties, and solar energy applications. Sol Energy Mater Sol Cells. 2006;90(14):2011–75.
54. 2 nanowires made by the “oriented attachment” mechanism. J Am Chem Soc. 2004;126(45):14943–9.
55. 2 anatase (101) and (001) surfaces. Phys Rev Lett. 1998;81(14):2954.