1. Electrolyte/photoanode engineered performance of TiO2 based dye sensitised solar cells
- Author
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Aparna Thankappan, P. Radhakrishnan, V. P. N. Nampoori, A. Mujeeb, C. P. G. Vallabhan, and S. Divya
- Subjects
Auxiliary electrode ,Anatase ,Materials science ,Energy conversion efficiency ,General Physics and Astronomy ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Nanoparticle ,Electrolyte ,Photochemistry ,Dye-sensitized solar cell ,chemistry ,Chemical engineering ,Thin film ,Platinum - Abstract
The performance of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) depends on the collective contribution from its constituents which include the nanoparticle film, dye, electrolyte, and the counter electrode. In this report, we have tried to elucidate the varying performance of the TiO2 based DSSCs standardised using N719 dye and Platinum as counter electrode with various electrolytes including quasi static electrolytes. We have also evaluated the photovoltaic characteristics of the cells employing different morphological structured TiO2 photoanode. The DSSC based on the hierarchical anatase TiO2 nanotree photoelectrode showed the highest light-to-electricity conversion efficiency of 10.2%.
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- 2014