کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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185010 | 459587 | 2014 | 6 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• Highly-oriented 1-D porous TiO2 nanowires on Ti foil by a facile hydrothermal method.
• Identification of hierarchical nanostructural evolution during dehydration step.
• Anatase crystallite sizes of ∼29 nm and ∼13 nm along [100] and [001], respectively.
• Enhanced dye loading by a factor of three in porous nanowires compared to nanowires.
• Optimized nanostructures by surface area, carrier lifetime, and charge transport.
Vertically-oriented and hierarchical one-dimensional TiO2 nanostructures are synthesized on Ti substrate by a facile hydrothermal method. The resulting porous nanowires, composed of highly-oriented anatase TiO2 nanocrystals, are adopted as photoelectrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The growth of the anatase crystallites resulted in ∼29 nm and ∼13 nm grains along the [100] and [001] directions, respectively. Due to the presence of truncated wedge-shape nanostructures, the cells exhibit an enhanced dye loading by more than a factor of three compared to the as-prepared nanowire DSSC. The optimum nanostructures for the light-harvesting efficiency are suggested with systematically analyzing their surface area, carrier lifetime, and charge-transport characteristics.
Journal: Electrochimica Acta - Volume 145, 1 November 2014, Pages 231–236