Low-temperature chemical synthesis of rutile and anatase mixed phase TiO2 nanostructures for DSSCs photoanodes
| Autor: | Xinke Liu, Rajaram S. Mane, Florian J. Stadler, Kailas K. Tehare, Sandesh U. Mutkule, Jin-Ping Ao, Sambhaji S. Bhande |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Anatase
Materials science Mechanical Engineering Doping Energy conversion efficiency Inorganic chemistry Metals and Alloys chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Electrochemistry 01 natural sciences Copper 0104 chemical sciences Dye-sensitized solar cell chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Mechanics of Materials Rutile Titanium dioxide Materials Chemistry 0210 nano-technology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 704:187-192 |
| ISSN: | 0925-8388 |
| Popis: | Wet chemical deposition method by using copper salt doping approach is used to synthesize mixed phase (rutile and anatase) titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) nanostructures. Pristine and Cu-doped TiO 2 photoanodes are analyzed for their physical properties. The results showed a significant influence of Cu-salt concentration in tuning the TiO 2 properties in terms of structural, morphological, porosity, optical and electrochemical properties. The Cu-free TiO 2 photoanode is rutile in structure whereas when Cu-doping level is increased, beyond 0.003 M, is transformed to mixed rutile-anatase structure. Presence of copper (Cu) in different weight percentages was confirmed from the surface energy dispersive X-ray analysis. Effect of Cu-doping on the power conversion efficiency of TiO 2 -based dye-sensitized solar cells is investigated. At 0.005 M Cu-doping level, both power conversion and incident-photon-to-current-conversion efficiencies of TiO 2 electrode are optimal i.e. 3.32% and 46% respectively; consistent to electron life time measurement where with increase in Cu-doping level from 0.001 to 0.005 M an electron life time of TiO 2 photoanode is increased from 0.1893 ms to 0.5967 ms. |
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