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http://dx.doi.org/10.4313/JKEM.2013.26.5.380

Study of the Characteristics of Low-Temperature Prepared TiO2 Paste for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells  

Jung, You-Ra (Department of Electrical Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Jin, En Mei (Department of Electrical Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Gu, Hal-Bon (Department of Electrical Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers / v.26, no.5, 2013 , pp. 380-384 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we have developed a low temperature process to make two type of paste by using $TiO_2$ nanoparticles(P25). The interconnections between substrate and $TiO_2$ films or link between particles of free-binder paste(FP1, FP2, FP3) is very poor. Therefore, the Titanium(IV) isopropoxide was added to the TP paste to improve the interconnection. Electron transport time (${\tau}_t$) and recombination time (${\tau}_r$) are analyzed by IMPS (intensity-modulated photocurrent spectroscopy) and IMVS(Intensity-modulated photovoltage spectroscopy). In the results, ${\tau}_t$ of TP paste based DSSCs (about $4.3{\times}10^{-3}$) is faster than other samples. ${\tau}_r$ is longer from $2.7{\times}10^{-2}$ s of FP2 to $3.0{\times}10^{-2}$ s of TP. A solar conversion efficiency (DSSCs) of TP is 3.54% for an incident solar energy of 100 mW $cm^{-2}$(meanwhile, 2.70% for DSSCs with FP2). The conversion efficiency is increased by 1.3 times.
Keywords
Dye-sensitized solar cells; Low temperature; Electron transport; Electron recombination; Solar conversion efficiency;
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