CaCO3/TiO2 Nanoparticles Based Dye Sensitized Solar Cell

doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2013.10.016

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In this communication, the synthesis and structural, morphological, optical, and photo-electrochemical properties of TiO₂ and CaCO₃/TiO₂ nanoparticles as well as their applications in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), have been reported. In an X-ray diffraction pattern of CaCO₃/TiO₂ nanoparticles, the peak at 29.41° of CaCO₃ has been detected, demonstrating its coating on the surface of TiO₂, which is further verified using high resolution-transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The strong quenching in photoluminescence emission, in the case of CaCO₃/TiO₂ nanoparticles, has been attributed to the decrease in recombination rate of photo-generated electron–hole pairs. In the case of UV–visible reflectance spectra, the absorption edge for CaCO₃/TiO₂ nanoparticles has slightly been found to be blue-shifted as compared to bare TiO₂ nanoparticles, which corresponds to an increase in energy band gap of the former. The dye desorption studies reveal that CaCO₃/TiO₂ electrodes adsorbed more dye than the bare TiO₂ electrode. CaCO₃/TiO₂ based DSSC show improved photo-electrochemical properties compared to the bare TiO₂ based DSSC as CaCO₃ coating on TiO₂ forms an energy barrier, and, consequently suppressing the charge recombination, and, thus, improving the overall energy conversion efficiency (η) from 0.46% to 1.44% under the illumination of simulated light of 100 mW/cm².

Key words:

Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), TiO₂ nanoparticles, CaCO₃, Coating, Recombination

Manveen Kaur, N.K. Verma. CaCO₃/TiO₂ Nanoparticles Based Dye Sensitized Solar Cell[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2013.10.016.

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