Effects of Homogenization Scheme of TiO2 Screen-Printing Paste for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
TiO2 porous electrodes have been fabricated for photoelectrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) using TiO2 screen-printing paste from nanocrystalline TiO2 powder dried from the synthesized sol. We prepared the TiO2 screen-printing paste by two different methods to disperse the nanocrystalline T...
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| description | TiO2 porous electrodes have been fabricated for photoelectrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) using TiO2 screen-printing paste from nanocrystalline TiO2 powder dried from the synthesized sol. We prepared the TiO2 screen-printing paste by two different methods to disperse the nanocrystalline TiO2 powder: a “ball-milling route” and a “mortal-grinding route.” The TiO2 ball-milling (TiO2-BM) route gave monodisperse TiO2 nanoparticles, resulting in high photocurrent density (14.2 mA cm−2) and high photoconversion efficiency (8.27%). On the other hand, the TiO2 mortal-grinding (TiO2-MG) route gave large aggregate of TiO2 nanoparticles, resulting in low photocurrent density (11.5 mA cm−2) and low photoconversion efficiency (6.43%). To analyze the photovoltaic characteristics, we measured the incident photon-to-current efficiency, light absorption spectroscopy, and electrical impedance spectroscopy of DSCs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d2bdad7956bd43428820b1fb55a335262025-02-03T06:12:38ZengWileyInternational Journal of Photoenergy1110-662X1687-529X2012-01-01201210.1155/2012/405642405642Effects of Homogenization Scheme of TiO2 Screen-Printing Paste for Dye-Sensitized Solar CellsSeigo Ito0Kaoru Takahashi1Shin-ich Yusa2Takahiro Imamura3Kenji Tanimoto4Department of Electric Engineering and Computer Sciences, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2280, JapanDepartment of Electric Engineering and Computer Sciences, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2280, JapanDepartment of Materials Science and Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2280, JapanDepartment of Materials Science and Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2280, JapanSpecialty Materials Research Laboratory, Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., 11-1 Kitasode, Sodegaurashi, Chiba 299-0266, JapanTiO2 porous electrodes have been fabricated for photoelectrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) using TiO2 screen-printing paste from nanocrystalline TiO2 powder dried from the synthesized sol. We prepared the TiO2 screen-printing paste by two different methods to disperse the nanocrystalline TiO2 powder: a “ball-milling route” and a “mortal-grinding route.” The TiO2 ball-milling (TiO2-BM) route gave monodisperse TiO2 nanoparticles, resulting in high photocurrent density (14.2 mA cm−2) and high photoconversion efficiency (8.27%). On the other hand, the TiO2 mortal-grinding (TiO2-MG) route gave large aggregate of TiO2 nanoparticles, resulting in low photocurrent density (11.5 mA cm−2) and low photoconversion efficiency (6.43%). To analyze the photovoltaic characteristics, we measured the incident photon-to-current efficiency, light absorption spectroscopy, and electrical impedance spectroscopy of DSCs.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/405642 |
| spellingShingle | Seigo Ito Kaoru Takahashi Shin-ich Yusa Takahiro Imamura Kenji Tanimoto Effects of Homogenization Scheme of TiO2 Screen-Printing Paste for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells International Journal of Photoenergy |
| title | Effects of Homogenization Scheme of TiO2 Screen-Printing Paste for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells |
| title_full | Effects of Homogenization Scheme of TiO2 Screen-Printing Paste for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Homogenization Scheme of TiO2 Screen-Printing Paste for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Homogenization Scheme of TiO2 Screen-Printing Paste for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells |
| title_short | Effects of Homogenization Scheme of TiO2 Screen-Printing Paste for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells |
| title_sort | effects of homogenization scheme of tio2 screen printing paste for dye sensitized solar cells |
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