Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 6, Issue 47, Pages 24595-24602Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c8ta07180b
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Funding
- National Key R&D Program of China [2016YFB0700600]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51673204, 61604058]
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Coupling ferroelectric materials with semiconductor materials can improve the performance of photovoltaic cells. The BaTiO3/TiO2(n) (B/T(n)) photoanode of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) is composed of a BaTiO3 core, a high performance and frequently-used ferroelectric material, and TiO2 nanoparticles, a common semiconductor material. A hysteresis loop, 105 C cm(-2) remnant polarization and 7 kV cm(-1) coercive field of the photoanode demonstrate its ferroelectricity. The short-circuit current density (J(sc)) of the dye-sensitized photoanode after polarization (B/T(n)PD) is superior to that of unpolarized (B/T(n)D) by about 2 mA cm(-2), regardless of the direction of polarization. The DSSC based on the B/T(4)PD photoanode exhibits a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 7.29% and a J(sc) of 14.44 mA cm(-2). Reflectance spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and intensity modulated photocurrent/photovoltage spectroscopy (IMPS/IMVS) are carried out to investigate the light absorption, charge injection and separation processes in B/T(n). Spontaneous polarization changes the adsorption state of the dye, which increases the light absorption efficiency, electron injection efficiency, incident light to photocurrent efficiency (IPCE) and J(sc). The discovery reported in this paper provides a method for modulating the interaction of adsorbed molecules with solids by means of electric field changes. This study deepens the understanding of the mechanism of charge transport and photovoltage generation in photovoltaic cells.
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