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Proceedings Article | 7 December 2013 Paper

Enhanced photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cell using composite photoanode on 3D electrode

Chiew Keat Lim, Hui Huang, Man Siu Tse, Ooi Kiang Tan

Proceedings Volume 8923, 892307 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2033301

KEYWORDS: Dye sensitized solar cells, Electrodes, Composites, Photovoltaics, Transparent conductors, Nanoparticles, Glasses, Oxides, Nanorods, Titanium dioxide

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For dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), an efficient transport of electron from the dye sensitizer through the mesoporous oxide layer and to be collected by electrode is crucial for high photovoltaic conversion efficiency. In this work, two novel approaches were developed in DSSC fabrication to improve the overall photovoltaic performance. The concurrent improvement in the charge transport property and light harvesting efficiency was achieved by incorporating N-doped TiO₂ in the mesoporous TiO2 layer of the photoanode. These N-doped TiO₂ (TiN_xO_y) was formed by using the single step thermal oxidation of Titanium Nitride (TiN) nanomaterials. At the same time, the 3D electrode with SnO₂ nanorods grown on the FTO glass using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system was used to enhance the charge collection efficiency. By combining these two approaches simultaneously, the DSSC with composite TiN_xO_y-TiO₂ photoanode on SnO₂ nanorods 3D electrode was successfully fabricated and characterized. As compared to the standard DSSC, an overall increment of 28 % in the conversion efficiency was achieved. Higher incident photon-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) values were also obtained, specifically for the region 400 – 500 nm due to the cosensitization effect of N-doped TiO_2.Efficient transfer of electron due to the decrease in charge transfer resistance at the mesoporous oxide/dye/electrolyte interface was observed from electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurement. With the use of SnO₂ nanorods, the adhesion between the mesoporous TiO_2/FTO was enhanced and the transit time of a photogenerated electron through the mesoporous layer before being collected at the FTO electrode was significantly reduced by 50 %.

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