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http://dx.doi.org/10.5012/bkcs.2013.34.4.1188

Transparent Thin Film Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Prepared by Sol-Gel Method  

Senthil, T.S. (Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Yeungnam University)
Kang, Misook (Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Yeungnam University)
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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society / v.34, no.4, 2013 , pp. 1188-1194 More about this Journal
Abstract
Transparent $TiO_2$ thin films have been prepared by sol-gel spin coating method. The sols used for deposition of thin films were prepared with different ethanol content. The effect of ethanol (solvent) concentration and annealing temperature on the performance of $TiO_2$ thin film solar cells has been studied. The results indicate that the as deposited films are amorphous in nature. $TiO_2$ thin films annealed at temperatures above $350^{\circ}C$ exhibited crystalline nature with anatase phase. The results also indicated that the crystallinity of the films improved with increase of annealing temperature. The high resolution transmission electron microscope images showed lattice fringes corresponding to the anatase phase of $TiO_2$. The band gap of the deposited films has been found to decrease with increase in annealing temperature and increase with increase in ethanol concentration. The dependents of photovoltaic efficiency of the dye-sensitized $TiO_2$ thin film solar cells (DSSCs) with the amount of ethanol used to prepare thin films was determined from photocurrent-voltage curves.
Keywords
Nanocrystalline $TiO_2$; Ethanol concentration; Sol-gel spin coating;
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