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Enhanced open-circuit voltage of dye-sensitized solar cells using Bi-doped TiO2 nanofibers as working electrode and scattering layer.
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Solar Energy . Oct2016, Vol. 135, p22-28. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Doping metal-ion into TiO 2 materials is an effective method for enhancing the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). In order to develop materials that are easy to produce even in industrial quantities, we established a facile method by hydrothermal synthesis and subsequent heat treatment to prepare bismuth doped titanium dioxide nanofibers (Bi-doped TiO 2 NFs). At first, we adopt Bi-doped TiO 2 NFs as the working electrode to further study in DSSCs. Serving as working electrode, Bi-doped TiO 2 NFs can remarkably improve open-circuit voltage ( V OC ). The V OC was significantly enhanced from 0.633 V to 0.800 V compared with pristine TiO 2 does. However, this leads to a smaller J SC and a poorer overall performance for such devices. In order to improve the performance of DSSCs, we adopt Bi-doped TiO 2 NFs as the scattering layer of DSSCs, and various thicknesses of meso-TiO 2 nanoparticles (meso-TiO 2 NPs) were used as working electrode to increase the short-circuit current ( J SC ). The incorporated Bi-doped TiO 2 NFs can help the electron transport and may reduce the possibility for electron–hole recombination. After optimizing the device’s parameter, the overall performance of the meso-TiO 2 NPs/Bi-doped TiO 2 NFs devices was dominated by J SC until a maximum efficiency was attained with a meso-TiO 2 NPs thickness of 12 μm. Such optimized DSSCs exhibited high open circuit voltage of 0.787 V, high fill factor of 78.2%, and high power conversion efficiency of 8.89%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0038092X
- Volume :
- 135
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Solar Energy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 117443484
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2016.05.021