화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.34, 89-97, February, 2016
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2015.10.038  Export Citation
Effect of perovskite-PbTiO3 as a buffer or scattering layer in DSSC performance
Jeong Yeon Do, Younghwan Im, Byeong Sub Kwak, and Misook Kang†
  • Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 38541, Republic of Korea
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To enhance the current efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells, a perovskite-PbTiO3 as a buffer or scattering supplement is introduced via a conventional hydrothermal treatment in this study. For comparison, five groups of multi-layered electrodes with different configurations are fabricated, TiO2/TiO2 (blocking layer/scattering layer), TiO2/PbTiO3 and TiO2/TiO2-PbTiO3/PbTiO3 (blocking layer/buffer layer/scattering layer), and the photoelectrochemical properties of these materials are identified by Xray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, impedance measurements (EIS), intensity-modulated photocurrent spectroscopy (IMPS) and intensity-modulated photovoltage spectroscopy (IMVS) analysis. When a mixture of TiO2 and PbTiO3 is prepared as a buffer layer, the cell efficiency is improved remarkably. In particular, TiO2b/5TiO2b-5PbTiO3/PbTiO3-DSSC shows the highest cell performance of 8.39% with the smallest internal resistance. This result means that the improved electron recombination and transportation over the TiO2b/5TiO2b-5PbTiO3/PbTiO3-DSSC lead to higher efficiency. Based on the photoelectrochemical results, the perovskite-PbTiO3 can be concluded to be a valuable material to reduce the presence of defects at the interface and facilitate the movement of electrons for higher DSSC performance.
Keywords:Dye-sensitized solar cells;Perovskite-lead titanium trioxide;Photoanode;Scattering layer;Buffer layer
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