• 에너지공학
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.36-43
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• 1994

광전기화학전지의 전극으로 TiO2 반도체 전극을 선택하여, sol 용액을 dip-coating 방법으로 티타늄 금속위에 입혀 만든 TiO2 필름의 광전기화학특성을 연구하였다. Dipping 횟수와 TiO2 필름의 두께간에는 선형적인 비례관계가 나타났으며, 15회 코팅하여 얻은 5.5$\mu\textrm{m}$에서 가장 큰 광전류값을 얻을 수 있었다. 전극의 최종열처리를 50$0^{\circ}C$에서 20분간 행하였을 때 광전류값이 가장 컸고, 열처리시간을 증가시키고, 열처리 온도가 50$0^{\circ}C$ 이상이 되면 광전류는 감소하였다. 유기첨가제로 HPC를 사용한 경우 sol 용액의 점도 및 제조된 전극의 광전류값이 가장 크게 나타났다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2009년도 제38회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.28-28
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• 2010

Photoelectrochemical solar cells such as dye-sensitized cells (DSSCs), which exhibit high performance and are cost-effective, provide an alternative to conventional p-n junction photovoltaic devices. However, the efficiency of such cells plateaus at 11-12%, in contrast to their theoretical value of 33%. Improvements in efficiency can only occur through a fundamental understanding of the underlying physics, materials, and device designs of DSSCs. A photoelectrode consisting of semiconducting oxide nanoparticles and a transparent conducting oxide electrode (TCO) is a key component of DSSC and design of photoelectrode materials is one of promising strategies to improving energy conversion efficiency. We introduce monodisperesed $TiO_2$ nanoparticles prepared by forced hydrolysis method and their superiority as photoelectrode materials was characterized with aids of optical and electrochemical analysis. Multi-layered TCO materials are also introduced and their feasibility for use as photoelectrodes is discussed in terms of optical absorption and charge collecting properties.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2019

Anodic oxidized $TiO_2$ nanotube arrays are promising materials for application in photoelectrochemical solar cells as the photoanode, because of their attractive properties including slow electron recombination rate, superior light scattering, and smooth electrolyte diffusion. However, because of the opacity of these nanotube electrodes, the back-side illumination is inevitable for the application in solar cells. Therefore, for the fabrication of solar cells with the anodic oxidized nanotube electrodes, it is required to develop efficient and transparent counter electrodes. Here, we demonstrate quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSCs) based on the nanotube photoanode and transparent counter electrodes. The transparent counter electrodes based on Pt electrocatalysts were prepared by a simple thermal decomposition methods. The photovoltaic performances of QDSCs with nanotube photoanode were tested and optimized depending on the concentration of Pt precursor solutions for the preparation of counter electrodes.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권8호
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• pp.2689-2693
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• 2012

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and $C_{60}$-encapsulated SWNTs ($C_{60}@SWNTs$) are introduced to Ru-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells (PECs), and photocurrents are compared between two cells, i.e., an $RuL_2(NCS)_2$/DAPV/SWNTs/ITO cell and an $RuL_2(NCS)_2$/DAPV/$C_{60}@SWNTs$/ITO cell. [L = 2,2'-bipyridine-4,4'-dicarboxylic acid, DAPV = di-(3-aminopropyl)-viologen, and ITO = indium-tin oxide] The photocurrents are increased by 70.6% in the presence of $C_{60}@SWNTs$. To explain the photocurrent increase, the reverse-field emission method is used, i.e., $RuL_2(NCS)_2$/DAPV/SWNTs/ITO cell (or $RuL_2(NCS)_2$/DAPV/$C_{60}@SWNTs$/ITO cell) as an anode and a counter electrode Pt as a cathode in the external electric field. The improved field emission properties, i.e., ${\beta}$ (field enhancement factor) and emission currents in the reverse-field emission with $C_{60}@SWNTs$ indicate the enhancement of the PEC electric field, which implies the improvement of the electron transfer rate along with the reduced charge recombination in the cell.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.244-260
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• 2018

Issues in the electrical characterization of semiconducting photoanodes in a photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell, such as the cell geometry dependence, scan rate dependence in DC measurements, and the frequency dependence in AC measurements, are addressed, using the example of a $TiO_2$ photoanode. Contrary to conventional constant phase element (CPE) modeling, the capacitive behavior associated with Mott-Schottky (MS) response was successfully modeled by a Havriliak-Negami (HN) capacitance function-which allowed the determination of frequency-independent Schottky capacitance parameters to be explained by a trapping mechanism. Additional polarization can be successfully described by the parallel connection of a Bisquert transmission line (TL) model for the diffusion-recombination process in the nanostructured $TiO_2$ electrode. Instead of shunt CPEs generally employed for the non-ideal TL feature, TL models with ideal shunt capacitors can describe the experimental data in the presence of an infinite-length Warburg element as internal interfacial impedance - a characteristic suggested to be a generic feature of many electrochemical cells. Fully parametrized impedance spectra finally allow in-depth physicochemical interpretations.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.42-50
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• 1998

산화티탄을 전극 재료로 사용하기 위해서는 투명하고 수용액에 안정한 재료가 필요하다.아세틸 아세톤 티탄(IV)으로부터 분사방법을 이용하여 산화티탄의 안정한 박막을 얻었다. 결정 모양은 구형을 나타내었으며, 결정의 크기는 온도가 증가함에 따라 증가하였고 두께는 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다. XRD 데이타로부터 아나타제 결정이 400$^{\circ}C$ 에서부터 얻어지기 시작함을 관찰하였다. 440$^{\circ}C$ 에서 만들어진 산화티탄이 고유 광전류가 최대값을 나타냈으며 가시광 영역에서 광전류가 증가하는 결과를 나타냈다. 가시광 영역에서의 광전류는 프탈로시아닌의 흡수 스펙트럼과 같은 ${\lambda}$max 위치에서 얻어졌고 이와 같은 결과는 프탈로시아닌의 결정 특성에 따른 광전류 특성으로 나타났다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제37권7호
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• pp.642-647
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• 1993

순수 정제한 스쿠알렌 색소(DSSQ(4-distearylamino phenyl-4'-dimethylaminophenylsquaraine) 를 Langmuir Blodgett 방법으로 $SnO_2$ 전극위에 단분자막으로 도포하였다. DSSQ 용액의 최대 흡수 파장은 630 nm 이었으나, $SnO_2$ 전극에 도포한 상태는 최대흡광파장 위치가 530 nm로 이동되어 스쿠알렌 집합체를 나타내었다. 이 집합체를 열처리하였더니 최대흡광 위치는 620~680 nm 로 이동되었다. 스쿠알렌 집합체에서의 에너지 이동 관계를 알기 위하여 광전류를 측정하였다. 광전류의 action spectrum은 흡수스펙트럼과 거의 같은 경향을 보였으며, 열처리한 시료의 광전류 action 스펙트럼도 처리전과 같은 결과를 나타내었다. 이때의 양자수율은 약 0.3%이었다. 용액내의 빛의 tunneling 효과를 보기 위하여 $SnO_2$전극과 DSSQ 색소사이에 스테아린산을 2~8층으로 각각 도포하고 광전류를 측정하였더니, 광전류가 현저히 감소하였다. 2층을 더 도포한 시료에서는 광전류가 전혀 나타나지 않았다. 또한 전해질 용액에 질소를 통하였을 경우에는 광기전력이 현저히 감소하고, 산소를 통하였을 때는 같은 정도로 증가하는 것으로 보아 전해질의 용존 산소가 전자 주게 역할을 하고 있음을 추정할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.282-291
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• 2018

The pristine fluorine-doped $SnO_2$ (abbreviated as FTO) inverse opal (IO) was developed using a 410 nm polystyrene bead template. The nanolayered copper tungsten oxide ($CuWO_4$) was decorated on the FTO IO film using a facile electrochemical deposition, subsequently followed by annealing at $500^{\circ}C$ for 90 min. The morphologies, crystalline structure, optical properties and photoelectrochemical characteristics of the FTO and $CuWO_4$-decorated FTO (briefly denoted as $FTO/CuWO_4$) IO film were investigated by field emission scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, UV-vis spectroscopy and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, showing FTO IO in the hexagonally closed-pack arrangement with a pore diameter and wall thickness of about 300 nm and 20 nm, respectively. Above this film, the $CuWO_4$ was electrodeposited by controlling the cycling number in cyclic voltammetry, suggesting that the $CuWO_4$ formed during 4 cycles (abbreviated as $CuWO_4$(4 cycles)) on FTO IO film exhibited partial distribution of $CuWO_4$ nanoparticles. Additional distribution of $CuWO_4$ nanoparticles was observed in the case of $FTO/CuWO_4$(8 cycles) IO film. The $CuWO_4$ layer exhibits triclinic structure with an indirect band gap of approximately 2.5 eV and shows the enhanced visible light absorption. The photoelectrochemical (PEC) behavior was evaluated in the 0.5 M $Na_2SO_4$ solution under solar illumination, suggesting that the $FTO/CuWO_4$(4 cycles) IO films exhibit a photocurrent density ($J_{sc}$) of $0.42mA/cm^2$ at 1.23 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE, denoted as $V_{RHE}$), while the FTO IO and $FTO/CuWO_4$(8 cycles) IO films exhibited a $J_{sc}$ of 0.14 and $0.24mA/cm^2$ at $1.23V_{RHE}$, respectively. This difference can be explained by the increased visible light absorption by the $CuWO_4$ layer and the favorable charge separation/transfer event in the cascading band alignment between FTO and $CuWO_4$ layer, enhancing the overall PEC performance.

• 공업화학
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.255-262
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• 1994

아크용융방법으로 준비한 Ti-5Bi 합금을 산화시켜 제조한 산화티타늄의 에너지변환효율(${\eta}_e$)을 광학농도, 광에너지에 따라서 측정하였다. 그리고 광학농도 및 전해액의 pH변화에 따른 플랫-밴드전압변화를 측정하였다. 광학농도와 광에너지가 증가하면 에너지변환효율은 증가하였으며 광학농도 $0.2W/cm^2$, 조사되는 빛의 에너지가 4.0eV에서 최대 에너지변환효율은 각각 3.2%, 13%로 나타났다. 에너지변환효율은 인가전압 의존성을 보여주었으며 0.5V의 전압을 인가하였을 경우 최대값을 보여주었다. 한편 전체 광전류의 발생은 산화티타늄 공핍층 내의 전자-정공쌍의 생성반응에 의해 율속되었다. 광학농도가 증가하면 플랫-밴드전압은 -0.065V/decade의 기울기를 나타내었으며 전해액의 pH가 감소하면 플랫-밴드전압은 양의 방향으로 이동하였으며 그 기울기값은 0.059V/pH로 Nernst 식의 기울기값과 일치하였다.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.183-188
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• 2001

The deposition behavior and photoelectric response characteristics of chlorophyll a(Chl a) monolayers and multilayers were investigated under various film fabrication conditions. Chl a LB films were deposited onto quartz and pretreated ITO glass substrates under several fabrication conditions, including surface pressure and number of layers. The absorption spectra of Chl a in a solution state and solid-like state (LB films) were fairly consistent with each other, and two absorption peaks were found at 678 and 438nm, respectively. The prepared Chl a LB films were set into an electrochemistry cell equipped with a Pt plate as the counter electrode, and the photoelectric response characteristics were obtained and analyzed relative to the light illumination. By considering the resulting photocurrents, the optimal fabrication conditions for Chl a LB films were determined as 20mN/m of surface pressure and 20 layers. The action spectrum of the Chl a LB films was obtained in the visible region, and was found to be in good agreement with the absorption spectrum. The possible application of the proposed system as a constituent of an artificial color recognition device was suggested based on combining with the photoelectric conversion property of another light-sensitive biological pigment.