Published September 13, 2013 | Version v1
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A simple template-free 'sputtering deposition and selective etching' process for nanoporous thin films and its application to dye-sensitized solar cells

Creators

  • 1. WCU Hybrid Materials Program, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (United States)
  • 3. Department of Advanced Material Chemistry, Korea University, Sejong (Korea, Republic of)

Description

A facile and straightforward method is suggested to synthesize nanoporous-TiO2 thin films for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Silver/TiO2 co-sputtering led to the formation of nanocomposite films which consisted of silver nanoclusters with surrounding TiO2 matrices, and metal particles were subsequently etched by just immersing in nitric acid. Nanoporous-TiO2 DSSCs fabricated by this simple and effective process showed power-conversion efficiencies of up to 3.4% at a thickness of only 1.8 μm, which is much superior to that of conventional nanoparticulate-TiO2 DSSCs with similar thickness. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/24/36/365604

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0957-4484/24/36/365604;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nanotechnology (Print)
Journal Volume
24
Journal Issue
36
Journal Page Range
[7 p.]
ISSN
0957-4484

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44083855
Subject category
S77: NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
DEPOSITION; DYES; ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITRIC ACID; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; SPUTTERING; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM OXIDES
Descriptors DEC
CHALCOGENIDES; CONVERSION; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS; EFFICIENCY; ELEMENTS; EQUIPMENT; FILMS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INORGANIC ACIDS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS