Solution Combustion Synthesis of TiO2 and Its Use for Fabrication of Photoelectrode for Dye-sensitized Solar Cell

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Three different types of TiO₂ nano powders were synthesized by a solution combustion synthesis (SCS) method using three different fuels and for comparison, another type of TiO₂nano powder was synthesized by calcination of titanyl hydroxide. These TiO₂ nano powders were used to fabricate photoelectrodes for the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) and their performance was compared to that of the DSSC fabricated with Degussa P25 TiO₂. The results showed that the SCS TiO₂ could work well as photoelectrode for DSSC. The SCS TiO₂ contained impurities of C and/or S, thus exhibiting visible light absorption and reduced band gap. The open circuit voltage and the fill factor both varied little among the various TiO₂ and thus both had little effect on the photoelectrical conversion efficiency (μ). However, the variation of μ was seen to be in quite a good agreement with that of the short circuit current (I_sc), suggesting that μ was dominated by I_sc. I_scwas found to be enhanced by light scattering effect due to the presence of large particles but reduced by high impurity content due to an increase in electron transfer resistance. In addition, the specific surface area of the powders was found to be an important factor affecting the I_scand thus the μ.

Key words: TiO₂, Combustion synthesis, Dye-sensitized solar cells

Shyan-Lung Chung, Ching-Mei Wang. Solution Combustion Synthesis of TiO₂ and Its Use for Fabrication of Photoelectrode for Dye-sensitized Solar Cell[J]. J Mater Sci Technol, 2012, 28(8): 713-722.

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