Title of article :
Effect of large TiO2 Nanoparticles as Light Scatter in Matrix of Small Nanoparticles to Improve the Efficiency in Dye- Sensitized Solar Cell
Author/Authors :
Hamadanian, M Institute of Nano Science and Nano Technology, University of Kashan, Kashan , Sayahi, H Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Kashan , Zolfagharici, A.R Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Kashan
Abstract :
In this study, we investigated the effect of using large TiO2
nanoparticles in the matrix of small nanoparticles to
improve the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells
(DSSCs), as light scatter to increase the light harvesting.
The mixed powder was deposited by electrophoretic
deposition (EPD) on FTO (F-SnO2 coated glass). It is
shown that adding small quantity of larger nanoparticles
can enhance the performance of DSSCs. This paper also
studies the deferential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of
mixed powders to detect the phase transitions, due to the
change of weight percentage between large and small
nanoparticles.
Keywords :
Electrophoretic deposition (EPD) , Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) , Differential scanning Calorimetry (DSC) , TiO2 nanoparticle
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
