Performance of CoTiO3 as an oxide perovskite material for the light scattering layer of dye-sensitized solar cells
Light scattering layers can play an essential role in the transport characteristics of charge carriers and the photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Perovskite oxide materials have recently attracted considerable attention as light scattering materials due to their optical...
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Veröffentlicht in: | New journal of chemistry 2019, Vol.43 (9), p.376-3768 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Light scattering layers can play an essential role in the transport characteristics of charge carriers and the photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Perovskite oxide materials have recently attracted considerable attention as light scattering materials due to their optical and structural properties. Herein, we synthesized TiO
2
-CoTiO
3
composites with a facile room temperature sol-gel procedure for use as a light scattering layer in the photoanode of DSSC devices. TiO
2
-CoTiO
3
composites were applied as monolayer photoanodes and bilayered films on a nano-TiO
2
photoactive layer. Microstructural investigations of the composite photoanodes showed a bimodal texture consisting of CoTiO
3
coarse and TiO
2
fine particles. CoTiO
3
containing photoanodes exhibited a higher light scattering property and lower dye adsorption amount compared to the control pristine TiO
2
electrode. Photovoltaic metrics of fabricated DSSC devices with different contents of CoTiO
3
in mono- and bilayered configurations were recorded under simulated AM 1.5 sunlight, suggesting that the photovoltaic performance of the devices improved in the presence of the TiO
2
-CoTiO
3
scattering layer. Interestingly, no considerable difference in photovoltaic operation of CoTiO
3
in the mono- and bilayered configurations was achieved (
i.e.
, photoconversion efficiency (PCE) of 7.46% and 7.67% for mono- and bilayered devices, respectively). However, their PCEs are about 80% higher than that of the control device without the light scattering layer.
CoTiO
3
particles with mirror-like facets were employed as the mono- and bi-layered scattering films into nanoparticle TiO
2
DSSCs. |
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ISSN: | 1144-0546 1369-9261 |
DOI: | 10.1039/c9nj00414a |