The Enhancement of Dye-Sensitized Solar cell Performance by Tio2-Based Mixed Metal Oxide Nanostructured Electrodes

Author

Yoshikawa, Susumu ; Kitiyanan, Athapol ; Ngamsinlapasathian, Supachai ; Yoshikawa, Osamu ; Suzuki, Yoshikazu

Author_Institution

Inst. of Adv. Energy, Kyoto Univ.

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

38838

Firstpage

279

Lastpage

282

Abstract

The TiO₂-based mixed metal oxides were synthesized by surfactant assisted templating method. The XRD results indicated that the addition of small amount of other metal oxides into nanostructured TiO₂, the structure of the mixed oxide still maintains an anatase type of TiO₂.The role of added metal was based on the crystal growth inhibiter, which leads to smaller grain size when compared to the sole metal oxide. Among TiO₂-based mixed metal oxides, the cells fabricated from TiZr₅ showed the highest efficiency of 5.13%

Keywords

X-ray diffraction; dyes; electrodes; grain size; nanostructured materials; optical constants; semiconductor materials; solar cells; titanium compounds; BET surface area; TiO₂-ZrO₂; XRD; crystal growth inhibiter; dye-sensitized solar cell; grain size; mixed metal oxide nanostructured electrodes; optical band gap; solar energy conversion efficiency; surfactant assisted templating method; Electrodes; Electrons; Grain size; Nanostructures; Ovens; Photovoltaic cells; Spontaneous emission; Titanium; Transistors; X-ray scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279445

Filename

4059618