• DocumentCode
    1859722
  • Title

    Sol-gel synthesis of TiO2 nanocrystals for application in dye-sensitized solar cells

  • Author

    Menzies, David B. ; Dai, Qing ; Maunders, Christian ; Cheng, Yi-Bing ; Simon, George P. ; Spiccia, Leone

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mater. Eng., Monash Univ., Melbourne, Vic., Australia
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    11-15 July 2005
  • Firstpage
    585
  • Abstract
    TiO2 nanocrystals have been synthesized from Titanium(IV) butoxide without the use of an autoclave. It was found that using heat treatment temperatures below 600°C pure anatase phase was retained in the nanocrystals. In addition, with increasing heat treatment temperature the nanocrystals became larger in size and the homogeneity was dramatically reduced.
  • Keywords
    nanostructured materials; nanotechnology; semiconductor materials; sol-gel processing; solar cells; titanium compounds; TiO2; TiO2 nanocrystals; Titanium(IV) butoxide; anatase phase; autoclave; dye-sensitized solar cells; heat treatment; sol-gel synthesis; Decision support systems; Glass; Heat treatment; Nanocrystals; Nanotechnology; Photovoltaic cells; Size control; Substrates; Temperature; X-ray scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nanotechnology, 2005. 5th IEEE Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9199-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NANO.2005.1500839
  • Filename
    1500839
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1859722