화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.65, 418-422, September, 2018
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2018.05.015  Export Citation
Improvement in the photovoltaic performance of a dye-sensitized solar cell by the addition of CeO2:Gd nanoparticles in the photoanode
Md Ashraf Hossain, Changjin Son, and Sangwoo Lim†
  • Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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TiO2/CeO2:Gd photoanodes with different concentrations of CeO2:Gd were fabricated to improve the photoconversion efficiency of a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). The CeO2:Gd nanoparticle-based DSSC showed a photoconversion efficiency of 8.03% with an improvement of 45% compared to that of the conventional TiO2 nanoparticle-based DSSC due to the increased diffuse reflectance of visible light. The TiO2/CeO2:Gd photoanode had higher charge transfer resistance than conventional TiO2 nanoparticlebased photoanode. It is suggested that the improvement in the conversion efficiency results from the enhanced highly favored light scattering and downconversion photoluminescence of the CeO2:Gd nanoparticles.
Keywords:CeO2;CeO2:Gd;Light scattering;Dye-sensitized solar cells
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