Fabrication and characterization of TiO2-based dye-sensitized solar cells

Flexible Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline TiO2 Solar Cells

The Dye-sensitized nanocrystaline TiO2 solar cell (nc-DSC) developed by Grätzel [1] has the potential to reach low costs in future outdoor power applications. In addition, due to its expected ease of production and possibilities to adjust its appearance, the potential for application is very broad. When plastic foil is used as a substrate for the nc-DSC the production and application possibilit...

Fabrication of Novel High Potential Chromium-Doped TiO2 Nanoparticulate Electrode-based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC)

In the current study, pure TiO2 and Cr-doped TiO2 (Cr@TiO2) nanoparticles were synthesized via sol-gel method and the resulting materials were applied to prepare the porous TiO2 electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). It is hypothesized that the advantages of the doping of the metal ions into TiO2 lattice are the temporary rapping of the photogenerated electron-hole (charge carriers)...

Nanoparticles influence on dye-sensitized solar cells based on TiO2

Today, Solar cell technology is in limited use due to the relatively high manufacturing cost of silicon based technology, And the low power efficiency of organic polymer based technology. However, Research is being done on hybrid cells based on dye-sensitizing organic polymers and a thin transparent conducting oxide layer comprised of nanoparticles. These cells could offer the same ease of manu...

Fabrication of ZnO Based Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

Fabrication of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Using Nanocrystalline TiO2 and Optical Characterization of Photo-Anode

Anatase phase containing nano-crystallite TiO2 thin film is prepared by the peptization of modified Ti-isopropoxide sol using HNO3 as peptizing agent. The resulting sol is concentrated in a rotary evaporator bath. TiO2 film is deposited on ITO substrate by spin coating process. The compact film is annealed at 450 ̊C and 500 ̊C for optical studies. The subsequently it is modified as photo-anodes i...