Enhanced Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Surface-treated Titanium Dioxides
- 30 August 2012
- journal article
- solar cell
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 565 (1), 138-146
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15421406.2012.693307
Abstract
This work reports on the preparation of lithium acetate (LA)-incorporated TiO2 electrodes by a very simple dip coating process and the effects of the modified electrode on the photovoltaic properties of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The DSSC with a LA-modified TiO2 layer exhibited an increase in both open circuit voltage and fill factor, resulting in a power conversion efficiency of 7.69% compared to that of a reference device with bare TiO2 (6.82%). By monitoring the changes in electrochemical impedance spectra, dark current-voltage characteristics and incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency, it was revealed that the incorporated LA functioned as a surface dipole on the TiO2 electrode.Keywords
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