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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 59, Issue -, Pages 113-120Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2011.10.043
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TiO2 nanocorals by hydrothermal route; DSSCs using Eosin-Y and N3-Dye
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- DAE-BRNS Mumbai through DAE-BRNS [2008/37/8/BRNS/1489]
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Titanium oxide (TiO2) nanocorals containing nanopolyps have been synthesized by a cost effective hydrothermal route directly on fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) coated conducting glass substrates. The morphological features and physical properties of TiO2 films were investigated by field-emission scanning electron microscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform Raman spectroscopy, room temperature photoluminescence spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The surface morphology revealed the formation of TiO2 corals having nanosized (30-40 nm) polyps. Further, we have studied its dye sensitized solar cell performance by using Eosin-Y and N3-Dye. The results indicate that the photoconversion efficiency of N3-Dye is 66% compared to that of Eosin-Y. The highest solar energy conversion efficiency of 2.37% was observed for N3-Dye loaded DSSCs. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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