Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.20, No.5, 2636-2640, September, 2014
The photovoltaic efficiency of dye sensitized solar cell assembled using carbon capsulated TiO2 electrode
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Carbon-encapsulated TiO2 was synthesized and its applications to dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) were evaluated. When carbon-encapsulated TiO2 was applied to DSSCs as a scattering material, the efficiency was enhanced considerably compared to that using only double-layered, nanometer-sized pure TiO2. The photovoltaic efficiency of the carbon-encapsulated TiO2-DSSCs was approximately 3.59%, while it was 2.87% for the pure TiO2-DSSCs. The quantum efficiencies evaluated from IPCE spectroscopy were better on the carbon-encapsulated TiO2-DSSCs compared to of a TiO2-DSSCs. PL spectroscopy showed that the rate of recombination between the holes and electrons on the carbon-encapsulated TiO2 were lower than that on pure TiO2.
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