Large-diameter titanium dioxide nanotube arrays as a scattering layer for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cell

Large-sized titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) nanotube arrays with an outer diameter of approximately 500 nm have been successfully synthesized by potentiostatic anodization at 180 V in a used electrolyte with the addition of 1.5 M lactic acid. It is found that the synthesized large-diameter TiO(2) nanotube...

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Autores principales: Liu, Xiaolin, Guo, Min, Cao, Jianjun, Lin, Jia, Tsang, Yuen Hong, Chen, Xianfeng, Huang, Haitao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2014
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Nano Express
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4108594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25114652
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-9-362
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author Liu, Xiaolin
Guo, Min
Cao, Jianjun
Lin, Jia
Tsang, Yuen Hong
Chen, Xianfeng
Huang, Haitao
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Guo, Min
Cao, Jianjun
Lin, Jia
Tsang, Yuen Hong
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Huang, Haitao
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description Large-sized titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) nanotube arrays with an outer diameter of approximately 500 nm have been successfully synthesized by potentiostatic anodization at 180 V in a used electrolyte with the addition of 1.5 M lactic acid. It is found that the synthesized large-diameter TiO(2) nanotube array shows a superior light scattering ability, which can be used as a light scattering layer to significantly enhance the efficiency of TiO(2) nanoparticle-based dye-sensitized solar cells from 5.18% to 6.15%. The remarkable light scattering ability makes the large-diameter TiO(2) nanotube array a promising candidate for light management in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).
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spelling pubmed-41085942014-08-11 Large-diameter titanium dioxide nanotube arrays as a scattering layer for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cell Liu, Xiaolin Guo, Min Cao, Jianjun Lin, Jia Tsang, Yuen Hong Chen, Xianfeng Huang, Haitao Nanoscale Res Lett Nano Express Large-sized titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) nanotube arrays with an outer diameter of approximately 500 nm have been successfully synthesized by potentiostatic anodization at 180 V in a used electrolyte with the addition of 1.5 M lactic acid. It is found that the synthesized large-diameter TiO(2) nanotube array shows a superior light scattering ability, which can be used as a light scattering layer to significantly enhance the efficiency of TiO(2) nanoparticle-based dye-sensitized solar cells from 5.18% to 6.15%. The remarkable light scattering ability makes the large-diameter TiO(2) nanotube array a promising candidate for light management in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Springer 2014-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4108594/ /pubmed/25114652 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-9-362 Text en Copyright © 2014 Liu et al.; licensee Springer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.
spellingShingle Nano Express
Liu, Xiaolin
Guo, Min
Cao, Jianjun
Lin, Jia
Tsang, Yuen Hong
Chen, Xianfeng
Huang, Haitao
Large-diameter titanium dioxide nanotube arrays as a scattering layer for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cell
title Large-diameter titanium dioxide nanotube arrays as a scattering layer for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cell
title_full Large-diameter titanium dioxide nanotube arrays as a scattering layer for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cell
title_fullStr Large-diameter titanium dioxide nanotube arrays as a scattering layer for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cell
title_full_unstemmed Large-diameter titanium dioxide nanotube arrays as a scattering layer for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cell
title_short Large-diameter titanium dioxide nanotube arrays as a scattering layer for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cell
title_sort large-diameter titanium dioxide nanotube arrays as a scattering layer for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cell
topic Nano Express
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4108594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25114652
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-9-362
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