Improvement of the Zirconia shell in nanostructured titania core-shell working electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

被引：19

作者：

Menzies, D

Dai, Q ^{[1
]}

Cheng, YB

Simon, GP

Spiccia, L

机构：

[1] Monash Univ, Sch Chem, Melbourne, Vic 3800, Australia

[2] Monash Univ, Sch Phys & Mat Engn, Melbourne, Vic 3800, Australia

来源：

MATERIALS LETTERS | 2005年 / 59卷 / 14-15期

基金：

澳大利亚研究理事会;

关键词：

dye-sensitized solar cell; solar energy materials; sol-gel preparation; nanomaterials;

D O I：

10.1016/j.matlet.2005.02.048

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) were constructed using nanostructured core-shell working electrodes produced by a sol-gel method. The precursor chemistry was studied by comparing zirconium butoxide and zirconium isopropoxide. Additionally, the concentrations in polar solvents were altered and used on two different titania nanostructures. The electrodes were characterized by photoelectrochemical measurements (PECM). The best efficiencies were recorded for the working electrodes modified with 0.05 M zirconium butoxide in n-butanol at 2.29% from 1.36% (uncoated TiO2) for P25 films and 2.06% from 1.38% (uncoated TiO2) for anatase films under a light intensity of 0.1 Sun. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1893 / 1896

页数：4

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