Application of MnTiO3 nanoparticles as coating layer of high performance TiO2/MnTiO3 dye-sensitized solar cell

Maryam Shaterian; Mahsa Barati; Keyvan Ozaee; Morteza Enhessari

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.20, No.5, 3646-3648, September, 2014

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2013.12.060 Export Citation

Application of MnTiO3 nanoparticles as coating layer of high performance TiO2/MnTiO3 dye-sensitized solar cell

Maryam Shaterian, Mahsa Barati¹, Keyvan Ozaee², and Morteza Enhessari^{1, †}

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zanjan University, Zanjan 45195-313, Iran
¹Department of Chemistry, Naragh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naragh, Iran
²Young Researchers and Elite Club, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

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MnTiO3 nanoparticles as coating layer of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) was prepared by sol-gel technique, using manganese acetate and tetrabutyl titanate as Mn and Ti sources and stearic acid as complexing agent. The TiO2/MnTiO3 DSSC was modified by coating a micrometer thick layer (10 μm) of MnTiO3 layer on the surface of TiO2. This modified electrode showed increase in the JSC that is attributed to the enhanced incident photon to current conversion efficiency response and the improvement in the VOC because of the increase of the electron lifetime on the TiO2/MnTiO3 interface.

Keywords:Dye sensitized solar cells;MnTiO3 nanoparticles;Current conversion efficiency

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[Referenced By]

[1] O’Regan B, Gratzel M, Nature, 353, 737 (1991)

[2] Nazeeruddin MK, Kay A, Rodicio I, Humphry-Baker R, Muller E, Liska P, Vlachopoulos N, Gratzel M, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 115, 6382 (1993)

[3] Chiba Y, Islam A, Watanabe Y, Komiya R, Koide N, Han L, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 45, 638 (2006)

[4] Kim SS, Yum JH, Sung YE, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 79(4), 495 (2003)

[5] Palomares E, Clifford JN, Haque SA, Lutz T, Durrant JR, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125(2), 475 (2003)

[6] Xia JB, Yanagida S, Sol. Energy, 85(12), 3143 (2011)

[7] Alarcon H, Boschloo G, Mendoza P, Solis JL, Hagfeldt A, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109(39), 18483 (2005)

[8] Menzies DB, Cervini R, Cheng YB, Simon GP, J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol., 32, 363 (2004)

[9] Diamant Y, Chappel S, Chen SG, Melamed O, Zaban A, Coord. Chem. Rev., 248, 1271 (2004)

[10] Wu KJ, Yu Y, Shen K, Xia CR, Wang DL, Sol. Energy, 94, 195 (2013)

[11] Enhessari M, Parviz A, Karamali E, Ozaee K, J. Exp. Nanosci., 7, 327 (2012)

[12] Bae KN, Noh SI, Ahn HJ, Seong TY, Mater. Lett., 96, 67 (2013)

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[14] Zhou GW, Chen DR, Xu GY, Acta Chim. Sin., 20, 1971 (2005)

[15] Tauc J, Grigorovici R, Vancu A, Phys. Status Solidi B, 15, 627 (1966)

[16] Quarto F, Sunseri C, Piazza S, Romano M, J. Phys. Chem., 101, 2519 (1997)

[17] Mir N, Salavati-Niasari M, Mater. Res. Bull., 48(4), 1660 (2013)

[18] Li FL, Ni XY, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 118, 109 (2013)

[19] Ichimuran M, Kato Y, Mater. Sci. Semicond. Process, 16, 1538 (2013)

[20] Abdullaha MH, Rusop M, Ceram. Int., 40, 967 (2014)

[21] Mojiri-Foroushani M, Dehghani H, Salehi-Vanani N, Electrochim. Acta, 92, 315 (2013)