ZnO-Coated TiO2 Nanotube Arrays for a Photoelectrode in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

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• 作者：Jin-Su Jeong (1)
  Byung-Hak Choe (1)
  Jung-Ho Lee (2)
  Jae-Joon Lee (3)
  Won-Youl Choi (1)
  
• 关键词：Zinc oxide ; titanium dioxide ; nanotube arrays ; dye ; sensitized solar cells
• 刊名：Journal of Electronic Materials
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：February 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：43
• 期：2
• 页码：375-380
• 全文大小：502 KB
• 作者单位：Jin-Su Jeong (1)
  Byung-Hak Choe (1)
  Jung-Ho Lee (2)
  Jae-Joon Lee (3)
  Won-Youl Choi (1)
  
  1. Department of Metal and Materials Engineering, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, 210-702, Korea
  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan, 426-791, Korea
  3. Department of Applied Chemistry, Konkuk University, Chungju, 380-701, Korea
  
• ISSN：1543-186X

文摘

In dye-sensitized solar cells, highly ordered TiO2 nanotube arrays as a photoelectrode have higher charge collection efficiencies than a nanoparticle-based structure due to their faster charge percolation and slower recombination of electrons. Highly ordered TiO2 nanotube arrays were grown by anodic oxidation of 0.5-mm-thick titanium foil. To increase the conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells with TiO2 nanotube arrays, the surface of the TiO2 nanotube arrays was modified by zinc oxide thin films. The ZnO thin film was formed by atomic layer deposition. The thin film was conformal on the inner and outer walls of TiO2 nanotube arrays. ZnO thin film improved the short circuit current (J sc) and open circuit voltage (V oc) due to increasing specific surface area from particulates of ZnO thin film and increasing the surface charge induced from the isoelectric point. The power conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells with ZnO thin film on 4.5-μm-thick TiO2 nanotube arrays was 1.43%. Microstructure and phase were observed by scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffractometry, and transmission electron microscopy.