Enhanced efficiency of tri-layered dye solar cells with hydrothermally synthesized titania nanotubes as light scattering outer layer

Mathew, Ambily and Rao, Mohan G and Munichandraiah, N (2012) Enhanced efficiency of tri-layered dye solar cells with hydrothermally synthesized titania nanotubes as light scattering outer layer. In: Thin Solid Films, 520 (9). pp. 3581-3586.

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Abstract

In the present study dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have been fabricated with a tri-layer photo anode consisting of hydrothermally prepared titania nano tubes (TNT) having a diameter of 9-10 nm and length of several micrometers as outer layer, P25 TiO2 powder as transparent light absorbing middle layer and a compact TiO2 inner layer to improve the adhesion of different layers on a transparent conducting oxide coated substrate. In comparison to cells fabricated using TNTs or P25 alone, the tri-layer DSSCs exhibit an enhanced efficiency of 7.15% with a current density of 17.12 mA cm(-2) under AM 1.5 illumination. The enhancement is attributed to the light scattering generated by TNTs aggregates, reduction in electron transport resistance at the TiO2/dye/electrolyte interface and an improvement in electron life-time. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Thin Solid Films
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Instrumentation Appiled Physics
Date Deposited:	18 Apr 2012 05:17
Last Modified:	18 Apr 2012 05:17
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/44306

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