High performance dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) achieved via electrophoretic technique by optimizing of photoelectrode properties |
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Authors: | Masood Hamadanian Afshar Gravand Vahid Jabbari |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Kashan, Kashan, IRAN;2. Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Kashan, Kashan, IRAN;1. University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia;2. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria |
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Abstract: | This paper describes a simple method utilizing electrophoretic deposition (EPD) of commercial P25 nanoparticles (NPs) films on fluoride-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate. In this process, voltage and the number of deposition cycles are well controlled to achieve TiO2 film thickness of around 1.5–26 μm, without any mechanical compression processing. The experimental results indicate that the TiO2 film thickness plays an important role as the photoelectrode in DSSCs because it adsorbs a large number of dye molecules which are responsible for electrons supply. Furthermore, it was found that effects of the bulk traps and surface states within the TiO2 films on the recombination of the photo-injected electrons (electron–hole pairs) strongly depend on the TiO2 electrode annealing temperature. Finally, a DSSC with a 24 μm thick TiO2 film and annealed at 500 °C produced the highest conversion efficiency (η=6.56%, ISC=16.4, VOC=0.72, FF=0.55) with an incident solar energy of 100 mW/cm2. |
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