Compact packing of CdS nanoparticle in flower like TiO2 nanorods for DSSC solar cell

Author

Misra, Mrinmoy ; Singla, Madan Lal ; Kapur, Pawan ; Ghansyam, C.

Author_Institution

Mater. Res. Div., Central Sci. Instrum. Organ., Chandigarh, India

fYear

2012

fDate

15-16 March 2012

Firstpage

548

Lastpage

549

Abstract

Crystalline TiO₂ nanorod was grown into flower like structure on ITO surface by hydrothermal method. CdS nanoparticles prepare from the precursor cadmium acetate and sodium sulfide and particle size control by varying concentration of Thioglycolic acid (TGA). These nanoparticles are farther embedded on TiO₂ nanorod surface by chemical bath deposition. The behavior of film will further used for DSSC solar cell. These film has been was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscope(FE-SEM), absorption spectroscopy for morphology and optical behavior.

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; X-ray diffraction; cadmium compounds; field emission electron microscopy; liquid phase deposition; nanocomposites; nanofabrication; nanoparticles; nanorods; particle size; scanning electron microscopy; semiconductor growth; semiconductor thin films; surface morphology; titanium compounds; ultraviolet spectra; visible spectra; wide band gap semiconductors; CdS-TiO₂; DSSC solar cells; FESEM; ITO; ITO surface; UV-visible absorption spectroscopy; X- ray diffraction; XRD; anatase phase; cadmium acetate; cadmium sulfide nanoparticles; chemical bath deposition; compact packing; composite materials; dye sensitized solar cells; field emission scanning electron microscopy; flower-like titanium oxide nanorods; hydrothermal method; optical properties; particle size control; sodium sulfide; surface morphology; thin films; thioglycolic acid; Decision support systems; Indium tin oxide; Microscopy; Optical arrays; Optical diffraction; Optical sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Devices, Circuits and Systems (ICDCS), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Coimbatore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1545-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDCSyst.2012.6188745

Filename

6188745