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Organized Mesoporous TiO2 Films Exhibiting Greatly Enhanced Performance in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: The Pluronic P123 templated mesoporous TiO2 film was grown via layer-by-layer deposition and characterized by a novel methodology based on the adsorption of n-pentane. Multiple-layer depositions did not perturb the mesoporous structure significantly. Our TiO2 film was sensitized by a newly developed Ru-bipyridine dye (N945) and was applied as a photoanode in dye-sensitized solar cell. The 1-microm-thick mesoporous film, made by the superposition of three layers, showed enhanced solar conversion efficiency by about 50% compared to that of traditional films of the same thickness made from randomly oriented anatase nanocrystals.

Source: Nano Letters

DOI: 10.1021/nl051401l

Authors: Markéta Zukalová, Arnošt Zukal, Ladislav Kavan, Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin, Paul Liska, Michael Grätzel

Institutions: Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Academy of Sciences, Heyrovsky Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Language: English

Topic: TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells

Subfield: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Field: Energy

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Affordable and clean energy

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2048992463

FWCI: 26.97

Cites: 22

Cited by: 534

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