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

Xiaolin Liu; Min Guo; Jianjun Cao; Jia Lin; Yuen Hong Tsang; Xianfeng Chen; Haitao Huang

doi:10.1186/1556-276X-9-362

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

Xiaolin Liu, Min Guo, Jianjun Cao, Jia Lin, Yuen Hong Tsang, Xianfeng Chen, Haitao Huang

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Abstract

Large-sized titanium dioxide (TiO₂) 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 TiO₂ nanotube array shows a superior light scattering ability, which can be used as a light scattering layer to significantly enhance the efficiency of TiO₂ nanoparticle-based dye-sensitized solar cells from 5.18% to 6.15%. The remarkable light scattering ability makes the large-diameter TiO₂ nanotube array a promising candidate for light management in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-5
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nanoscale Research Letters
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-9-362
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014

Keywords

Dye-sensitized solar cells
Electrochemical reactions
Large-diameter titanium dioxide nanotubes
Scattering layer

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics

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