Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Employing a Multifunctionalized Hierarchical SnO2 Nanoflower Structure Passivated by TiO2 Nanogranulum
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Employing a Multifunctionalized Hierarchical SnO2 Nanoflower Structure Passivated by TiO2 Nanogranulum
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采用 TiO2 纳米颗粒钝化的多功能分级 SnO2 纳米花结构的染料敏化太阳能电池
DOI:
10.1021/jp409203w
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发表时间:
2014-02-20
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Xu, Jinzhang
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作者:
Niu, Haihong;Zhang, Shouwei;Xu, Jinzhang
We investigated a facile multifunctionalized hierarchical SnO2 nanoflower photoelectrode passivated by a layer of TiO2 nanogranulum. The hierarchical SnO2 nanoflower with thin nanorod and nanosheet has a unique morphology that can afford excellent electron transport properties—orientation overall, which results in a significant diminution in the charge diffusion route and a rapid collection in FTO substrate. The passivated photoanode not only improved the distribution of dyes in the photoelectrode and reduced the surface defects of SnO2 photoelectrode to accommodate more dyes, but also suppressed the charge recombination and prolonged electron lifetime by introducing a barrier layer. The microstructure of the sample was investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The surface areas (SBET) and pore size distribution were detected on BET measurement. The amounts of dye were calculated from UV–vis. The interfacial charge transfer proc...