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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 131, Issue 11, Pages 3985-3990Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja8078972
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- MRSEC Program of the National Science Foundation [DMR-0212302, DMR-0819885]
- Center for Nanostructure Applications at the University of Minnesota
- NSF-NNIN program
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Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) made from oriented, one-dimensional semiconductor nanostructures such as nanorods, nanowires, and nanotubes are receiving attention because direct connection of the point of photogeneration with the collection electrode using such structures may improve the cell performance. Specifically, oriented single-Mstalline TiO2 nanorods or nanowires on a transparent conductive substrate would be most desirable, but achieving these structures has been limited by the availability of synthetic techniques. In this study, a facile, hydrothermal method was developed for the first time to grow oriented, single-crystalline rutile TiO2 nanorod films on transparent conductive fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrates. The diameter, length, and density of the nanorods could be varied by changing the growth parameters, such as growth time, growth temperature, initial reactant concentration, acidity, and additives. The epitaxial relation between the FTO substrate and rutile TiO2 with a small lattice mismatch plays a key role in driving the nucleation and growth of the rutile TiO2 nanorods on FTO. With TiCl4-treatment, a light-to-electricity conversion efficiency of 3% could be achieved by using 4 mu m-long TiO2 nanorod films as the photoanode in a DSSC.
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