Efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells based on TiO2 nanotubes filled with nanoparticles

Yahya Alivov; Z. Y. Fan

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Efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells based on TiO₂ nanotubes filled with nanoparticles

Yahya Alivov, Z. Y. Fan

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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From comparative studies of dye sensitized solar cell (DSSCs) fabricated using nanotubes (NTs) filled with nanoparticles (NPs) and empty NTs it is shown that filling of TiO₂ NTs with NPs significantly increase efficiency of DSSCs. This increase depended on NT diameter and was found to be 17.4%, 55.6%, and 131% for solar cells with 40 nm, 80 nm, and 160 nm diameter NTs. The highest efficiency was observed for samples with 80 nm diameter NTs, which was 5.94% for ∼5 μm NT thickness DSSCs.

Original language	English
Article number	063504
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	95
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3202411
State	Published - 2009

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