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Nanocrystalline Antimony Oxide Films for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications

  • Kim, Ji-Hye (Department of Chemistry, Division of Energy Systems Research, Ajou University) ;
  • Jang, Ji-Yeon (Department of Chemistry, Division of Energy Systems Research, Ajou University) ;
  • Kim, Sung-Chul (Department of Chemistry, Division of Energy Systems Research, Ajou University) ;
  • Han, Chi-Hwan (Korea Institute of Energy Research) ;
  • Kim, Seung-Joo (Department of Chemistry, Division of Energy Systems Research, Ajou University)
  • Received : 2011.10.28
  • Accepted : 2012.01.04
  • Published : 2012.04.20
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Abstract

A new photoelectrode composed of $Sb_6O_{13}$ nanoparticles with the size of 20-30 nm has been prepared via thermolysis of a colloidal antimony pentoxide tetrahydrate ($Sb_2O_5{\cdot}4H_2O$) suspension. The $Sb_6O_{13}$ electrode showed good semiconducting properties applicable to dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs); the energy band gap was estimated to be $3.05{\pm}0.5$ eV and the position of conduction band edge was close to those of $TiO_2$ and ZnO. The DSSC assembled with the $Sb_6O_{13}$ photoelectrode and a conventional ruthenium-dye (N719) exhibited the overall photo-current conversion efficiency of 0.74% ($V_{oc}$ = 0.76 V, $J_{sc}=1.99\;mAcm{-2}$, fill factor = 0.49) under AM 1.5, $100\;mWcm^{-2}$ illumination.

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