Y3Al5O12:Ce phosphors as a scattering layer for high-efficiency dye sensitized solar cells.

Authors :: Zhu G
Wang X
Li H
Pan L
Sun H
Liu X
Lv T
Sun Z
Source :: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) [Chem Commun (Camb)] 2012 Jan 25; Vol. 48 (7), pp. 958-60. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Nov 24.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: Y(3)Al(5)O(12):Ce phosphors have been prepared and used as an effective scattering layer on top of a transparent layer of nanocrystalline TiO(2) for dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The Y(3)Al(5)O(12):Ce scattering layer increases the photocurrent of DSSCs due to the enhanced light harvesting mainly via the improved light absorption and scattering. Under one sun illumination (AM 1.5G, 100 mW cm(-2)), a high efficiency of 7.91% was achieved for the cell with a Y(3)Al(5)O(12):Ce scattering layer, which is an increase of 13.5% compared to the cell without a scattering layer (6.97%).<br /> (This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2012)

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