Issue 72, 2016, Issue in Progress

Highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cell performance from template derived high surface area mesoporous TiO2 nanospheres

Abstract

High surface area mesoporous anatase TiO2 spheres are synthesized using ethylene glycol as a template by a solvothermal method. Electron microscopy studies revealed the formation of smooth surfaced mesoporous spheres with uniform size. A high surface area of 221.52 m2 g−1 is obtained for the titanium tetraisopropoxide concentration of 0.5 mL. X-Ray diffraction and Raman analyses revealed the formation of anatase phase TiO2. Uniform deposition of a mesoporous film for a photoanode was achieved by an optimized spray deposition method. The effects of the ruthenium dye-sensitizer N719 and indoline dye-sensitizer D205 on the dye sensitized solar cell performance are investigated. Maximum efficiencies of 8.96 and 9.02% are achieved using the sensitizers N719 and D205, respectively; from the mesoporous anatase TiO2 sphere coated DSSC. IPCE analyses revealed that the mesoporous spheres efficiently collected the incident photons and achieved a conversion efficiency over 80% by internal reflections and a scattering process.

Graphical abstract: Highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cell performance from template derived high surface area mesoporous TiO2 nanospheres

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 Jun 2016
Accepted
12 Jul 2016
First published
12 Jul 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 68092-68099

Highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cell performance from template derived high surface area mesoporous TiO2 nanospheres

J. Archana, S. Harish, M. Sabarinathan, M. Navaneethan, S. Ponnusamy, C. Muthamizhchelvan, M. Shimomura, H. Ikeda, D. K. Aswal and Y. Hayakawa, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 68092 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA14976F

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