Journal
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 83, Issue -, Pages 155-159Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.07.114
Keywords
Combined TiO2 structure; Nanotube arrays; Nanoparticles; Energy conversion efficiency; Dye-sensitized solar cells
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51072170, 21021002]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2012CB932900]
- Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China [2011J01057]
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A novel combined structure with a mixture of TiO2 nanotubes and nanoparticles was fabricated by anodization of Ti, followed by a controlled annealing post-treatment. The TiO2 nanoparticles with the average diameter of 40 nm were uniformly dispersed on the surface of TiO2 nanotubes with the diameter of 110-130 nm and the length of 15 mu m. The photoelectric behavior of the as-prepared photoanode in dye-sensitized solar cells was analyzed by the measurements of I-V and EIS. It was found that the energy conversion efficiency of the solar cell with composite photoanode was 5.75%, enhanced up to 25.8% compared to that of the photoanode of pure TiO2 nanotube structure in the same condition. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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