화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.19, No.6, 2052-2059, November, 2013
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2013.03.021  Export Citation
Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous anatase TiO2 nanostructures via organic acid precursor process for dye-sensitized solar cells applications
M.M. Rashad1, A.E. Shalan1, 2, †, Monica Lira-Cantu2, and M.S.A. Abdel-Mottaleb3
  • 1Electronic and Magnetic Materials Division, Advanced Materials Department, Central Metallurgical Research & Development Institute (CMRDI), P.O. Box 87 Helwan, Cairo 11421, Egypt
  • 2Centre de Investigacio en Nanociencia I Nanotecnologia (Cin2, CSIC), ETSE, Campus UAB, Edifici Q, 2nd Floor, Bellaterra Barcelona E-08193, Spain
  • 3Nano-Photochemistry and Solar chemistry Lab, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, 11566 Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
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Titania (TiO2) nanoparticles have been synthesized using organic precursor technique. The titania nanoparticles were characterized. The results indicated that the prepared titanium oxalate and citrate precursors were transformed to anatase TiO2 phase at temperature 400 ℃ for 2 h. Dye-sensitized solar cells were assembled using the prepared nanocrystalline TiO2 with large surface area. The specific surface area SBET was 80.9 and 78.6 m2/g using oxalic and citric acids, respectively. The power efficiency was 3.5 and 2.4%. A brief discussion on the possible reasons behind the low power conversion efficiency observed for these type of solar cells was reported.
Keywords:Titania nanoparticles;Organic acid precursor;Photovoltaic performance;Dye sensitized solar cells
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