Preparations of TiO2 pastes and its application to light-scattering layer for dye-sensitized solar cells

Jin-Kook Lee; Bo-Hwa Jeong; Sung-il Jang; Young-Guen Kim; Yong-Wook Jang; Su-Bin Lee; Mi-Ra Kim

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.15, No.5, 724-729, September, 2009

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2009.09.053 Export Citation

Preparations of TiO2 pastes and its application to light-scattering layer for dye-sensitized solar cells

Jin-Kook Lee¹, Bo-Hwa Jeong¹, Sung-il Jang^{1, 2}, Young-Guen Kim^{1, 2}, Yong-Wook Jang³, Su-Bin Lee¹, and Mi-Ra Kim^{1, †}

¹Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, South Korea
²POLYCEN Co., Ltd.,, Busan 608-739, South Korea
³POLYCEN Co., Ltd., Busan 608-739, South Korea

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Three different structures of TiO2 electrodes of the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) devices were fabricated with layers of nanoparticles and light-scattering particles, and their photovoltaic performances were investigated when the polymer electrolytes were used. Especially, 20-nm- and 123-nm-TiO2 pastes were prepared by using sol.gel method, to use for light-scattering layer from the incident light. The best efficiency of 6.03% under AM 1.5 was attained with a multi-layer structure using 123-nm-TiO2 layer for the light-scattering layer and 9-nm-TiO2 layer for the dense layer.

Keywords:Dye-sensitized solar cells;TiO2 paste;Multi-layered TiO2;Light-scattering layer

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[Referenced By]

[1] Regan BO, Gratzel M, Nature, 353, 737 (1991)

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

[3] Hagfeldt A, Gratzel M, Chem. Rev., 95(1), 49 (1995)

[4] Song HK, Park YH, Han CH, Jee JG, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 15(1), 62 (2009)

[5] Krebs FC, Biancardo M, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 90, 142 (2006)

[6] Usami A, Chem. Phys. Lett., 277, 105 (1997)

[7] Ferber J, Luther J, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 54(1), 265 (1998)

[8] Rothenberger G, Comte P, Gratzel M, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 58(3), 321 (1999)

[9] Usami A, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 59(3), 163 (1999)

[10] Usami A, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 64, 73 (2000)

[11] Hore S, Vetter C, Kern R, Smit H, Hinsch A, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 90, 1176 (2006)

[12] Kalyanasundaram K, Gratzel M, Coord. Chem. Rev., 177, 347 (1998)

[13] Barbe CJ, Arendse F, Comte P, Jirousek M, Lenzmann F, Shklover V, Gratzel M, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 80, 3157 (1997)

[14] Park NG, van de Lagemaat J, Frank AJ, J. Phys. Chem. B, 104(38), 8989 (2000)

[15] Huang CY, Hsu YC, Chen JG, Suryanarayanan V, Lee KM, Ho KC, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cell, 90, 2391 (2006)

[16] Mahshid S, Askari M, Sasani Ghamsari M, J. Mater. Process. Technol., 189, 296 (2007)